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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461750603321

Autore

Hastrup Frida

Titolo

Weathering the world [[electronic resource] ] : recovery in the wake of the tsunami in a Tamil fishing village / / Frida Hastrup

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, c2011

ISBN

0-85745-200-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 pages)

Collana

Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; ; v. 16

Disciplina

363.34/94095482

Soggetti

Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004

Tsunamis - India - Tamil Nadu

Natural disasters - India - Tamil Nadu

Electronic books.

Tamil Nadu (India) Social conditions

Tamil Nadu (India) Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Weathering the World; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Asian tsunami in December 2004 was reported on exhaustively all around the world. But this is the first full-length examination of the disaster. Providing an in-depth ethnography of the tsunami and its effects on a fishing village on the coast of Tamil Nadu, India, the author shows how disaster survivors have dealt with the tsunami and worked to regain their confidence in the environment on which they depend for their livelihood. The book testifies to a remarkable local recovery process and demonstrates the survivors' commitment to restoring a sense of certainty and future possibilities ev