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The Sociology of Katrina David L. Brunsma

The Sociology of Katrina By David L. Brunsma

The Sociology of Katrina by David L. Brunsma

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Brings together the sociological researchers in an effort to catalogue the modern catastrophe that is Hurricane Katrina. This volume contains chapters that discuss sociological perspectives of disaster literature, provide alternative views and analyses of early post-storm data collection efforts.

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The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe by David L. Brunsma

This book brings together the nation's top sociological researchers in an effort to catalogue the modern catastrophe that is Hurricane Katrina. The chapters in this volume discuss sociological perspectives of disaster literature, provide alternative views and analyses of early post-storm data collection efforts, and examine emerging social questions that have surfaced in the aftermath of Katrina.

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The Sociology of Katrina is a data- and theory-driven collection, exhibiting the best of what sociology has to offer. -- Professor Rachel E. Luft Book Review Essay This book brings together the nation's top sociological researchers in an effort to catalogue the modern catastrophe that is Katrina. Included are discussions of sociological perspectives of disaster literature, alternative views and analyses of early post-storm data collection efforts, and emerging social questions that have surfaced in the aftermath of Katrina. All royalties from the sale of this book go to the Disaster Relief Fund of the Southern Sociological Society. -- . Natural Hazards Observer, November 2007 In 2005 Hurricane Katrina struck at the core of American society. The Sociology of Katrina is a an equally penetrating portrayal of its totalizing effects on people, places, and politics. -- Steve Kroll-Smith, Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

About David L. Brunsma

David L. Brunsma is associate professor of sociology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He was the program chair and organizer for the 2006 Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society held in New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina. David Overfelt is a graduate of sociology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is a member of Sociologists Without Borders and focuses on the merging of academia and activism in his work as as a radical public sociologist. J. Steven Picou is professor of sociology and chair in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. He has published numerous articles on environmental sociology, disasters, the sociology of risks, and applied sociology, and is undertaking several projects on the health risks associated with the long-term industrial and social impacts of Hurricane Katrina.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Finding and Framing Katrina: The Social Construction of Disaster Part 1 Section One: Framing Katrina: Context and Construction Chapter 2 Disaster as War: Militarism and the Social Construction of Disaster in New Orleans Part 2 Section Two: Experiencing Evacuation Part 3 Section Three: Ongoing Disaster: Reaction and Recovery Chapter 3 Crime and Hurricanes in New Orleans Part 4 Section Four: Post-Disaster Institutional Change Chapter 4 Families and Hurricane Response: Evacuation, Separation, and the Emotional Toll of Hurricane Katrina Chapter 5 Race, Class, and Capital Amidst The Hurricane Katrina Diaspora Part 5 Postscript; Considering Katrina Chapter 6 Understanding Community-Based Disaster Response: Houston's Religious Congregations and Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts Chapter 7 After the Levees Broke: Reactions of College Students to the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina Chapter 8 Landscapes of Disaster and Place Orientation in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina Chapter 9 A Community Study of Disaster Impacts and Redevelopment Issues Facing East Biloxi, Mississippi 10 Rebuilding New Orleans Neighborhoods After Hurricane Katrina: Toward a Theory of Social Structure and Cultural Creativity Chapter 11 Hurricane Katrina and its Impact on Eduation Chapter 12 Health Needs, Health Care and Katrina Chapter 13 Reconstructing New Orleans After Katrina: The Emergence of an Immigrant Labor Market

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CIN0742559300G
9780742559301
0742559300
The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe by David L. Brunsma
David L. Brunsma
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Paperback
Rowman & Littlefield
20070805
288
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