Racing the storm : racial implications and lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina / edited by Hillary Potter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Potter, Hillary, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hurricane Katrina, 2005.

Disaster relief--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Disaster relief.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Race relations.

Louisiana--New Orleans.

Physical Description:

xiii, 314 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2007]

Summary:

Racing the Storm addresses how racial stratification continues to be a factor in U.S. society and was exposed by Hurricane Katrina. The continuing significance of race is examined by considering public opinion, media representations, and government and volunteer response before, during, and after the storm.

Contents:

Making sense of a hurricane : social identity and attribution explanations of race-related differences in Katrina disaster responses

The color(s) of crisis : how race, rumor and collective memory shape the legacy of Katrina

Reframing crime in a disaster : perception, reality, and criminalization of survival tactics among African Americans in the aftermath of Katrina

Cultural differences in perceptions of the government and the legal system : Hurricane Katrina highlights what has been there all along

From "Gateway to the Americas" to the "Chocolate City" : the racialization of Latinos in New Orleans

Saxophones, trumpets, and hurricanes : the cultural restructuring of New Orleans

Prayer and social welfare in the wake of Katrina : race and volunteerism in disaster response

Stipulations : a typology of citizenship in the United States after Katrina

Protect or neglect? Social structure, decision making, and the risk of living in African American places in New Orleans

Blown away : U.S. militarism and Hurricane Katrina

Spectacular privatizations : perceptions and lessons from privatization of warfare and the privatization of disaster

Running faster next time : blacks and Homeland Security.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-304) and index.

ISBN:

9780739119730

0739119737

9780739119747

0739119745

OCLC:

123766857