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Berghahn Books Weathering the World Recovery in the Wake of the Tsunami in a Tamil Fishing Village 2011 Edition by Frida Hastrup
The Asian tsunami in December 2004 severely affected people in coastal regions all around the Indian Ocean. This book provides the first in-depth ethnography of the disaster and its effects on a fishing village in Tamil Nadu, India. The author explores how the villagers have lived with the tsunami in the years succeeding it and actively worked to gradually regain a sense of certainty and confidence in their environment in the face of disempowering disaster. What appears is a remarkable local recovery process in which the survivors have interwoven the tsunami and the everyday in a series of subtle practices and theorisations, resulting in a complex and continuous recreation of village life. By showing the composite nature of the tsunami as an event, the book adds new theoretical insight into the anthropology of natural disaster and recovery. Table of contents :- List of FiguresAcknowledgementsChapter 1. Processing Disaster and RecoveryThe Disaster and the EverydayLocal Worlds and RecoveryFigure and Ground in Disaster AnthropologyTransformation and Future TrajectoriesBook OutlineChapter 2. The Field: Entrance and EmergenceArrivalEmergent FieldsMapping Place and PeopleFieldwork on FootA Walk around the VillageThe Lay of the LandChapter 3. The Dwelling: Homes and HazardsBuild Back BetterBereavement and Moving onHoming InChapter 4. On Forecasting: Wind and WaterWeather or NotThe Landfall of DisasterDropping the AnchorForecasts and PrecautionsIn a Climate of Changing TidesChapter 5. Responsibility: Agents and AgenciesLocal Level Humanitarian SupportOn the Limits of CommunityRecuperating SubjectsChapter 6. Confusing Hardships: Onslaught and OpportunityIn Need of RepairCertifying the FutureThe Ties That BindRallying for SafetyProjecting ProgressChapter 7. Materialisations of Loss: Monument and MemoryMonumental MemoriesThe Materiality of LossOn New PlotsChapter 8. Everyday Life: Tsunami TimeBibliographyIndex