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Gamburd Michele Ruth <1965-> |
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Titolo |
The golden wave : culture and politics after Sri Lanka's tsunami disaster / / Michele Ruth Gamburd |
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Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-253-01139-6 |
0-253-01150-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (234 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Disaster relief - Sri Lanka |
Tsunamis - Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka Social conditions 21st century |
Sri Lanka Politics and government 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations, Names, and Sinhala Terms; Introduction: Political Ethnography of Disaster; Wijitha's Story; 1 That Day: Chaos and Solidarity; Dr. Priyanka's Story; 2 Deaths: Fate and Vulnerability; Pradeep and Manoj's Story; 3 Short-Term Camps: Chaos and the Crafting of Order; Sumendra's Story; 4 Housing: Temporary Shelters, Permanent Homes, and the Buffer Zone; Lalitha's Story; 5 Dangerous Liaisons: The Power, Peril, and Politics of Mediating between Donors and Recipients; Jagath's Story; 6 Business Recovery: Tourism and Construction; Dayawansa's Story |
7 Reconstructing Class: Discourse on Theft, Loot, Cheating, and GiftsFazmina's Story; 8 The Politics of Corruption: Accusations and Rebuttals; Tharindu's Story; 9 Citizenship and Ethnicity: The Tsunami and the Civil War; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In December 2004 the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated coastal regions of Sri Lanka. Six months later, Michele Ruth Gamburd returned to the village where she had been conducting research for many years and began collecting residents' stories of the disaster and its aftermath: the |
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