04985nam 2200709Ia 450 991081741660332120200520144314.00-292-73578-210.7560/735774(CKB)3170000000046163(SSID)ssj0000585490(PQKBManifestationID)11347609(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000585490(PQKBWorkID)10571747(PQKB)11225884(MiAaPQ)EBC3443602(OCoLC)801411582(MdBmJHUP)muse17569(Au-PeEL)EBL3443602(CaPaEBR)ebr10572648(DE-B1597)586758(OCoLC)1280944847(DE-B1597)9780292735781(EXLCZ)99317000000004616320111202d2012 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDisplaced life in the Katrina diaspora /edited by Lynn Weber and Lori Peek ; with Social Science Research Council Research Network on Persons Displaced by Hurricane Katrina1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press2012xiii, 268 p. mapsThe Katrina bookshelfIncludes index.0-292-73577-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Documenting Displacement: An Introduction -- 2. The Research Network -- Section I Receiving communities -- Introduction -- 3. They Call It “Katrina Fatigue”: -- 4. The Basement of Extreme Poverty: -- 5. Living through Displacement: -- 6. When Demand Exceeds Supply: -- 7. Katrina Evacuee Reception in Rural East Texas: -- 8. Permanent Temporariness: -- Section II Social networks -- Introduction -- 9. Help from Family, Friends, and Strangers during Hurricane Katrina: -- 10. “We need to get together with each other”: -- 11. The Women of Renaissance Village: -- 12. Twice Removed: -- 13. After the Flood: Faith in the Diaspora -- Section III Charting A Path Forward -- Introduction -- 14. Community Organizing in the Katrina Diaspora: -- Author bios -- IndexHurricane Katrina forced the largest and most abrupt displacement in U.S. history. About 1.5 million people evacuated from the Gulf Coast preceding Katrina’s landfall. New Orleans, a city of 500,000, was nearly emptied of life after the hurricane and flooding. Katrina survivors eventually scattered across all fifty states, and tens of thousands still remain displaced. Some are desperate to return to the Gulf Coast but cannot find the means. Others have chosen to make their homes elsewhere. Still others found a way to return home but were unable to stay due to the limited availability of social services, educational opportunities, health care options, and affordable housing. The contributors to Displaced have been following the lives of Katrina evacuees since 2005. In this illuminating book, they offer the first comprehensive analysis of the experiences of the displaced. Drawing on research in thirteen communities in seven states across the country, the contributors describe the struggles that evacuees have faced in securing life-sustaining resources and rebuilding their lives. They also recount the impact that the displaced have had on communities that initially welcomed them and then later experienced “Katrina fatigue” as the ongoing needs of evacuees strained local resources. Displaced reveals that Katrina took a particularly heavy toll on households headed by low-income African American women who lost the support provided by local networks of family and friends. It also shows the resilience and resourcefulness of Katrina evacuees who have built new networks and partnered with community organizations and religious institutions to create new lives in the diaspora.Katrina bookshelf.Hurricane Katrina, 2005Social aspectsRefugeesLouisianaNew OrleansSocial conditionsInternally displaced personsUnited StatesSocial conditionsDisaster victimsUnited StatesSocial conditionsDisaster reliefSocial aspectsUnited StatesHurricane Katrina, 2005Social aspects.RefugeesSocial conditions.Internally displaced personsSocial conditions.Disaster victimsSocial conditions.Disaster reliefSocial aspects305.9/069140973Weber Lynn1598759Peek Lori A1598760Social Science Research Council (U.S.).Research Network on Persons Displaced by Hurricane Katrina.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817416603321Displaced3921178UNINA