Power of the Story
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African Americans
art
Caribbean Studies
cat bonds
catastrophe
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Corps meles
counter-capitalism
cultural diplomacy
Cultural studies
cultural traditions
disaster
Disaster Studies
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gentrification
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Matthew
Literary Studies
longue duree
Malediction
Mardi Gras
Marvin Victor
Melovivi
necrocapitalism
neo-colonial development
New Orleans
Northeastern Haiti
political anthropology
post-katrina
Prophecy
Puerto Rico
storytelling
Writing of Disaster
Product details
- ISBN 9781800739567
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 14 Apr 2023
- Publisher: Berghahn Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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A cross-disciplinary volume that combines and puts into dialogue perspectives on disasters, this book includes contributions from anthropology, history, cultural studies, sociology, and literary studies. Offering a rich and diverse set of arguments and analyses on the ever-relevant theme of catastrophe in the circum-Caribbean, it will encourage debate and collaboration between scholars working on disasters from a range of disciplinary perspectives.
Vincent Joos is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Global French Studies at Florida State University. He recently published Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships: Housing, Memory, and Daily Life in Haiti (Rutgers, 2021).
