The Golden Wave : Culture and Politics after Sri Lanka's Tsunami Disaster /

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"In December 2004 the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated coastal regions of Sri Lanka. Six months later, Michele Ruth Gamburd returned to the village where she had been conducting research for many years and began collecting residents' stories of the disaster and its aftermath: the chaos and...

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Main Author: Gamburd, Michele Ruth, 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tsunami relief.
Social conditions.
Politics and government.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Indien, Tsunami de l'ocean, 2004.
Secours aux victimes de tsunamis > Sri Lanka.
Disaster victims > Rehabilitation > Sri Lanka.
Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004.
Tsunami relief > Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka.
Indian Ocean.
Sri Lanka > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siecle.
Sri Lanka > Politics and government > 21st century.
Sri Lanka > Social conditions > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"In December 2004 the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated coastal regions of Sri Lanka. Six months later, Michele Ruth Gamburd returned to the village where she had been conducting research for many years and began collecting residents' stories of the disaster and its aftermath: the chaos and loss of the flood itself; the sense of community and leveling of social distinctions as people worked together to recover and regroup; and the local and national politics of foreign aid as the country began to rebuild. In The Golden Wave, Gamburd describes how the catastrophe changed social identities, economic dynamics, and political structures."--Publisher's website
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780253011503

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