Life Beyond the Tohoku Disasters - Autonomy and Adaptability in Coastal Japan

This book shows the profundity of life for fishing families living in a disaster-strewn world in Japan. Using their own words, the text demonstrates the significance of people’s attachment to their places and seascapes, their connections with one another, and the importance of autonomy and adaptability, especially post-3.11.

List of contents

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Life Before

Chapter 1: Scenes, Seascapes, and Disasters

Chapter 2: Anchoring Coastal Ways of Life

Chapter 3: Connecting Coastal Ways of Life

Part II: The Disasters of 3.11

Chapter 4: Remembering Ano Hi, "That Day"

Part III: Resilience: Life a Decade later

Chapter 5: Rebuilding Lives

Chapter 6: Policy Impacts on Working Lives

Chapter 7: Knowing What Happiness Is

Glossary

Bibliography

About the author

Alyne E. Delaney is associate professor of cultural anthropology at Tohoku University's Center for Northeast Asian Studies and Graduate School of Environmental Studies.

Summary

This book shows the profundity of life for fishing families living in a disaster-strewn world in Japan. Using their own words, the text demonstrates the significance of people’s attachment to their places and seascapes, their connections with one another, and the importance of autonomy and adaptability, especially post-3.11.

Product details

• Authors: Alyne E Delaney, Alyne E. Delaney
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2024
• EAN: 9781793616555
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-655-5
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Japan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, NATURE / Animals / Marine Life, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Social impact of disasters, Asian History, Wildlife: aquatic creatures: general interest, Wildlife: Aquatic Creatures, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)