{"product_id":"displaced-life-in-the-katrina-diaspora-paperback-softback-9780292737648","title":"Displaced; Life in the Katrina Diaspora (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292737648","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDisplaced\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLife in the Katrina Diaspora\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLynn Weber (Edited by), Lori Peek (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292737648\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 June 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e284 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.399 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eHurricane 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to \u003ci\u003eDisplaced\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eDisplaced\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Bonnie Thornton Dill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Documenting Displacement: An Introduction (Lynn Weber and Lori Peek)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Research Network (Lynn Weber)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection I. Receiving Communities and Persons Displaced by Hurricane Katrina \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction by Lee M. Miller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. They Call It \"\u003cbr\u003eKatrina Fatigue\"\u003cbr\u003e: Displaced Families and Discrimination in Colorado (Lori Peek)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The Basement of Extreme Poverty: Katrina Survivors and Poverty Programs (Laura Lein, Ron Angel, Julie Beausoleil, and Holly Bell)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Living through Displacement: Housing Insecurity among Low-Income Evacuees (Jessica W. Pardee)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. When Demand Exceeds Supply: Disaster Response and the Southern Political Economy (Lynn Weber)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Katrina Evacuee Reception in Rural East Texas: Rethinking Disaster \"\u003cbr\u003eRecovery\"\u003cbr\u003e (Lee M. Miller)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Permanent Temporariness: Displaced Children in Louisiana (Alice Fothergill and Lori Peek)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection II. Social Networks among Katrina's Displaced \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction by Jacquelyn Litt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Help from Family, Friends, and Strangers during Hurricane Katrina: Finding the Limits of Social Networks (Elizabeth Fussell)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. \"\u003cbr\u003eWe need to get together with each other\"\u003cbr\u003e: Women's Narratives of Help in Katrina's Displacement (Jacquelyn Litt)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. The Women of Renaissance Village: From Homes in New Orleans to a Trailer Park in Baker, Louisiana (Beverly J. Mason)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. Twice Removed: New Orleans Garifuna in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina (Cynthia Garza)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. After the Flood: Faith in the Diaspora (Pamela Jenkins)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection III. Charting a Path Forward \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction by Lynn Weber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. Community Organizing in the Katrina Diaspora: Race, Gender, and the Case of the People's Hurricane Relief Fund (Rachel E. Luft)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor Bios\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530865406232,"sku":"9780292737648","price":18.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/displaced-life-in-the-katrina-diaspora-paperback-softback-9780292737648","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}