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Governing Affect : Neoliberalism And Disaster Reconstruction
Paperback Edition: 1
Roberto E. Barrios presents an ethnographic study of the aftermaths of four natural disasters: southern Honduras after Hurricane Mitch; New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina; Chiapas, Mexico, after the Grijalva River landslide; and southern Illinois following the Mississippi River flood. Focusing on the role of affect, Barrios examines the ways in which people who live through disasters use emotions as a means of assessing the relevance of governmentally sanctioned recovery plans, judging the effectiveness of such programs, and reflecting on the risk of living in areas that have been deemed prone to disaster. Emotions such as terror, disgust, or sentimental attachment to place all shape the meanings we assign to disasters as well as our political responses to them.
Pages : 306
Publisher : University of Nebraska Press
Publication date : 2017-05-30
Subjects: Non-fiction, Science And Technology, Social Sciences, Sociology, Social Impact Of Disasters