Catastrophe & culture : the anthropology of disaster /
Catastrophe & culture : the anthropology of disaster / [print]
edited by Susanna M. Hoffman and Anthony Oliver-Smith.
- Santa Fe, New Mexico : School of American Research Press ; (c)2002. Oxford : J. Currey, (c)2002.
- xii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- School of American Research advanced seminar series .
Why anthropologists should study disasters Theorizing disasters : nature, power and culture Historical disaster research Danger and the no-risk thesis Bounding uncertainty : the post-Chernobyl culture of radiation protection experts Monster and the mother : the symbolism of disaster Popular media reframing of man-made disasters : a cautionary tale Punctuated entropy as culture-induced change : the case of the Exxon Valdez oil spill Modeling protracted drought, collateral natural disaster, and human responses in the Andes Impact of and response to drought among Turkana pastoralists : implications for anthropological theory and hazards research Missing expertise, categorical politics, and chronic disasters : the case of Bhopal Anthony Oliver-Smith and Susanna M. Hoffman -- Anthony Oliver-Smith -- Virginia Garcia-Acosta -- Robert Paine -- Sharon Stephens -- Susanna M. Hoffman -- Gregory V. Button -- Christopher L. Dyer -- Michael E. Moseley -- J. Terrence McCabe -- S. Ravi Rajan.
2001054174
GBA2-27709
Disasters--Social aspects--Congresses.
Disasters--Research--Congresses.
Social structure--Congresses.
Ethnology--Congresses.
HV553.O48.C383 2002 HV553
Why anthropologists should study disasters Theorizing disasters : nature, power and culture Historical disaster research Danger and the no-risk thesis Bounding uncertainty : the post-Chernobyl culture of radiation protection experts Monster and the mother : the symbolism of disaster Popular media reframing of man-made disasters : a cautionary tale Punctuated entropy as culture-induced change : the case of the Exxon Valdez oil spill Modeling protracted drought, collateral natural disaster, and human responses in the Andes Impact of and response to drought among Turkana pastoralists : implications for anthropological theory and hazards research Missing expertise, categorical politics, and chronic disasters : the case of Bhopal Anthony Oliver-Smith and Susanna M. Hoffman -- Anthony Oliver-Smith -- Virginia Garcia-Acosta -- Robert Paine -- Sharon Stephens -- Susanna M. Hoffman -- Gregory V. Button -- Christopher L. Dyer -- Michael E. Moseley -- J. Terrence McCabe -- S. Ravi Rajan.
2001054174
GBA2-27709
Disasters--Social aspects--Congresses.
Disasters--Research--Congresses.
Social structure--Congresses.
Ethnology--Congresses.
HV553.O48.C383 2002 HV553