I'm Afraid of That Water : A Collaborative Ethnography of a West Virginia Water Crisis /

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"On January 9, 2014, chemicals used for cleaning crushed coal poured into the public drinking water in Charleston, WV. This book tells a particular set of stories of this chemical spill and its aftermath, an unfolding water crisis that would lead to months, even years, of fear and distrust. It...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Lassiter, Luke E. (Editor ), Hoey, Brian A., 1968- (Editor ), Campbell, Elizabeth, 1962- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2020.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Drinking water > Contamination.
Disaster victims.
Coal preparation plants.
Chemical spills.
Eau potable > Contamination > Virginie-Occidentale > Charleston.
Deversements de produits chimiques > Virginie-Occidentale > Charleston.
Charbon > Preparation > Usines > Virginie-Occidentale > Charleston.
Victimes de catastrophes > Virginie-Occidentale > Charleston > Entretiens.
Drinking water > Contamination > West Virginia > Charleston.
Chemical spills > West Virginia > Charleston.
Coal preparation plants > West Virginia > Charleston.
Disaster victims > West Virginia > Charleston > Interviews.
West Virginia > Charleston.
Interviews.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Introduction by Elizabeth Campbell, Brian A. Hoey, and Luke Eric Lassiter
  • Part I. "I'm Afraid of That Water": A West Virginia Disaster and Water Crisis
  • 1. The Elk River Spill: On Water and Trust by Luke Eric Lassiter
  • 2. Exploring the (Human) Nature of Disaster: Meaning and Context by Brian A. Hoey
  • 3. Toward a Collaborative Ethnography by Luke Eric Lassiter
  • 4. Chemical Spill Encountered by Trish Hatfield
  • Part II. On Place: To Stay or Not to Stay
  • 5. Blues BBQ by Jay Thomas
  • 6. Citizen Response: On Leaving and Staying by Cat Pleska and Joshua Mills
  • 7. In and Out of Appalachia by Emily Mayes
  • Interlude: Exploring the (Human) Nature of Disaster: Impact and Responses by Brian A. Hoey
  • Part III. On Making and Remaking Community
  • 8. Activism and Community by Jim Hatfield
  • 9. WVWaterHistory.com and Producing Digital Resources on a Water Crisis by Gabe Schwartzman
  • 10. What Does a Water Crisis Sound Like? by Laura Harbert Allen
  • 11. Can We Trust the Water System Now? Some Updates by Jim Hatfield
  • Epilogue by Luke Eric Lassiter
  • Afterword by Angie Rosser
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Index

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