Rethinking disaster recovery : a Hurricane Katrina retrospective / edited by Jeannie Haubert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haubert, Jeannie, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects.

Hurricane Katrina, 2005.

Social aspects.

Disaster victims--Louisiana--New Orleans--Social conditions.

Disaster victims.

Disaster relief--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Disaster relief.

Social conditions.

New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions.

New Orleans (La.).

New Orleans (La.)--Economic conditions.

Louisiana--New Orleans.

Physical Description:

xiii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]

Summary:

Rethinking Disaster Recovery encourages a critical re-examination of the social inequalities that existed on the Gulf Coast before Hurricane Katrina and the progress that has been made in the fen years since the disaster. Uniquely, this volume contains moving sociological essays in which personally impacted scholars weave their stories of trauma, lass, displacement, and recovery into larger discussions of demographic, institutional, and social changes. Specifically, the volume highlights ways in which gender and sexuality issues, often overlooked in the literature, rise to the surface following a catastrophic event. It also considers the impact of the storm on various racial and ethnic groups, neighborhoods, and social institutions. Lastly, important methodological debates rise to the surface as scholars who lived through Hurricane Katrina reflect an the practical and emotional difficulties of conducting research through disaster. These insights into the day-to-day lives of survivors over the past ten years help illuminate complex disaster recovery processes and provide key lessons for all-too-likely future disasters. What happened in New Orleans after the media spectacle was over? How do experiences of recovery vary across social groups? Why are some able to recover quickly while others struggle? How do people put the pieces of their lives back together after a catastrophic disaster? Through on-the-ground observation and keen sociological analysis, Rethinking Disaster Recovery answers these questions and suggests new avenues for research. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Rethinking Disaster Recovery: Editor's Introduction / Jeannie Haubert Haubert, Jeannie 1

I Gender and Sexuality in the Recovery Process

2 Trauma, Recovery, and Sexuality in Post-Katrina New Orleans / Mimi Schippers Schippers, Mimi 15

3 It's Raining Men: Gender and Street Harassment in Post-Katrina New Orleans / Andrea Wilbon Hartman Hartman, Andrea Wilbon, Erica Dudas Dudas, Erica, Jennifer Day-Sully Day-Sully, Jennifer 27

4 Rebuilding for Safety: Domestic Violence and Hurricane Katrina / Pamela Jenkins Jenkins, Pamela, Bethany Van Brown Brown, Bethany Van 39

5 Missing in the Storm: The Gender Gap in Hurricane Katrina Research and Disaster Management Efforts / Kristen Barber Barber, Kristen, Shiloh Deitz Deitz, Shiloh 53

II Race and Class in the Recovery Process

6 On the Kindness of Strangers: Am I More Worthy of Your Sympathy Than Lakisha and Jamal? / Jeannie Haubert Haubert, Jeannie 71

7 Disaster, Reconstruction, and Racialization: Latinos in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina / Elizabeth Fussell Fussell, Elizabeth, Amy Bellone-Hite Bellone-Hite, Amy 89

8 Flourishing or Floundering?: Examining the Career Paths of African American Emerging Adults in Post-Katrina New Orleans / Farrah Gafford Cambrice Cambrice, Farrah Gafford 105

9 New Orleans's Katrina Recovery for Whom and What?: A Race, Gender, and Class Approach / Jean Ait Belkhir Belkhir, Jean Ait 121

III Doing Academia through Disaster Recovery

10 Trauma Survivor as Author; Method as Recovery / Jessica W. Pardee Pardee, Jessica W. 139

11 Housing Market Mayhem: Studying Discrimination Post-Disaster / Jeannie Haitbert Haitbert, Jeannie 153

12 "We're Still in the Trenches, Baby ...": Navigating Academia in an Uncertain, Post-Katrina World / Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo Hidalgo, Danielle Antoinette, Dana M. Greene Greene, Dana M. 169

13 Learning from Disaster: Post-Katrina New Orleans as a Sociological Classroom / Timothy J. Haney Haney, Timothy J. 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781498501200

1498501206

OCLC:

894625672