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Catastrophe & Culture
Anthony Oliver-Smith Susanna M. Hoffman
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Description for Catastrophe & Culture
Paperback. Editor(s): Hoffman, Susanna M.; Oliver-Smith, Anthony. Series: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
At a time of increasing globalization and worldwide vulnerability, the study of disasters has become an important focus for anthropological research-one where the four fields of anthropology are synthesized to address the multidimensionality of the effects to a community's social structures and relationship to the environment. Using a variety of natural and technological disasters-including Mexican earthquakes, drought in the Andes and in Africa, the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Oakland firestorm, and the Bhopal gas disaster-the authors of this volume explore the potentials of disaster for ecological, political-economic, and cultural approaches to anthropology along with ... Read more
At a time of increasing globalization and worldwide vulnerability, the study of disasters has become an important focus for anthropological research-one where the four fields of anthropology are synthesized to address the multidimensionality of the effects to a community's social structures and relationship to the environment. Using a variety of natural and technological disasters-including Mexican earthquakes, drought in the Andes and in Africa, the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Oakland firestorm, and the Bhopal gas disaster-the authors of this volume explore the potentials of disaster for ecological, political-economic, and cultural approaches to anthropology along with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
SAR Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Series
School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Santa Fe, United States
ISBN
9781930618152
SKU
V9781930618152
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Reviews for Catastrophe & Culture
[T]he contributors to this volume provide a comprehensive account of the nature of disasters, their complex mix of the physical, biological, and socio-cultural, and their use in the elucidation and reconstitution of social life which are the goals of the mining anthropologist... This volume comes out of the School of American Research seminars. This means it is particularly well integrated ... Read more