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Surviving Katrina : The Experiences of Low-Income African American Women.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781626372481
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Surviving KatrinaDDC classification:
  • 976.33500496073
LOC classification:
  • HV636 2005.N4 -- .P373 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Ch1- Understanding Katrina -- Landfall -- Meeting the Women -- Table 1.1 Descriptive Statistics for the Sample -- Collecting the Data -- Ruby's Experience -- Lydia's Experience -- The Book's Outline -- Ch2- Theorizing Disaster Recovery andEveryday Poverty -- Poverty and the Crescent City -- Surviving Poverty Every Day -- Theorizing Disaster Recovery and Everyday Pove -- Gender, Disaster, and Poverty -- PART 1- PREPARATION -- Ch3- Decision Time -- Narrating the Storm as "Safe" -- Considering Alternate Narratives -- The Collective Narrative -- Conclusion -- Ch4- Leaving Home -- The Kin Caravan -- Left Behind -- Conclusion -- PART 2- SURVIVAL -- Ch5- Stranded -- Exposure to Danger -- Mothering in the Storm -- Surrounded by Guns -- Conclusion -- Ch6- Shelters of Last Resort -- The Louisiana Superdome -- Dehumanizing Survivors -- Objectified Suffering -- Conclusion -- PART 3- RECOVERY -- Ch7- Seeking Shelter -- Liminal Spaces for Survival -- Crowding In with Family -- Formal Federal Assistance -- Conclusion -- Ch8- Living Displacement -- Starting Over After the Storm -- Strategy Dismantled: Jobless in New Labor Markets -- Uncertain Survival: Aid-based Strategies -- Conclusion -- Ch9- Returning Home -- Is It Safe to Go Home? -- Surviving in the "New" New Orleans -- Market Tensions at the River Garden -- Conclusion -- Ch10- Redefining Recovery -- The Transferability of Survival Strategies -- Defining Low-Income Disaster Recovery -- Appendix- Studying Hurricane Katrina as a Scholar-Survivor -- Studying Katrina as a Scholar-Survivor -- Meeting Katrina: Surely another False Call -- Weaving Old into New -- Seeking the Displaced -- Discussing Disaster -- Living Losses Together -- Personal Growth through Silence -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book.
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Ch1- Understanding Katrina -- Landfall -- Meeting the Women -- Table 1.1 Descriptive Statistics for the Sample -- Collecting the Data -- Ruby's Experience -- Lydia's Experience -- The Book's Outline -- Ch2- Theorizing Disaster Recovery andEveryday Poverty -- Poverty and the Crescent City -- Surviving Poverty Every Day -- Theorizing Disaster Recovery and Everyday Pove -- Gender, Disaster, and Poverty -- PART 1- PREPARATION -- Ch3- Decision Time -- Narrating the Storm as "Safe" -- Considering Alternate Narratives -- The Collective Narrative -- Conclusion -- Ch4- Leaving Home -- The Kin Caravan -- Left Behind -- Conclusion -- PART 2- SURVIVAL -- Ch5- Stranded -- Exposure to Danger -- Mothering in the Storm -- Surrounded by Guns -- Conclusion -- Ch6- Shelters of Last Resort -- The Louisiana Superdome -- Dehumanizing Survivors -- Objectified Suffering -- Conclusion -- PART 3- RECOVERY -- Ch7- Seeking Shelter -- Liminal Spaces for Survival -- Crowding In with Family -- Formal Federal Assistance -- Conclusion -- Ch8- Living Displacement -- Starting Over After the Storm -- Strategy Dismantled: Jobless in New Labor Markets -- Uncertain Survival: Aid-based Strategies -- Conclusion -- Ch9- Returning Home -- Is It Safe to Go Home? -- Surviving in the "New" New Orleans -- Market Tensions at the River Garden -- Conclusion -- Ch10- Redefining Recovery -- The Transferability of Survival Strategies -- Defining Low-Income Disaster Recovery -- Appendix- Studying Hurricane Katrina as a Scholar-Survivor -- Studying Katrina as a Scholar-Survivor -- Meeting Katrina: Surely another False Call -- Weaving Old into New -- Seeking the Displaced -- Discussing Disaster -- Living Losses Together -- Personal Growth through Silence -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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