Displaced Life in the Katrina Diaspora

Hurricane 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...

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Hlavní autoři: Weber, Lynn, Peek, Lori
Médium: E-kniha Kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Austin University of Texas Press 2012
Vydání:1
Edice:The Katrina Bookshelf
Témata:
Cyclones
Diaspora
Disaster relief
Disaster relief > Social aspects > United States
Disaster victims
Disaster victims > United States > Social conditions
Disasters & Disaster Relief
Displaced persons
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Social aspects
Internally displaced persons
Internally displaced persons > United States > Social conditions
Louisiana
Natural disasters
New Orleans
Refugees
Refugees > Louisiana > New Orleans > Social conditions
Social aspects
Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Sociology
U.S.A
United States
ISBN:0292735774, 9780292735774, 9780292737648, 0292737645
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Shrnutí:Hurricane 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.
Bibliografie:Includes bibliographical references and index
"First paperback printing, 2013"--T.p. verso of some copies of pbk
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ISBN:0292735774
9780292735774
9780292737648
0292737645
DOI:10.7560/735774