{"product_id":"the-golden-wave-culture-and-politics-after-sri-lankas-tsunami-disaster-paperback-softback-9780253011398","title":"The Golden Wave; Culture and Politics After Sri Lanka's Tsunami Disaster (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253011398","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Golden Wave\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCulture and Politics After Sri Lanka's Tsunami Disaster\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichele Ruth Gamburd (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253011398\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 December 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages, 10 b\u0026amp;w illus., 2 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.331 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Michele Ruth Gamburd's new book contributes rich views into the micro-dynamics of local experiences of relief and reconstructions projects.Vol. 73.1-2 2014\"—\u003ci\u003eAsian Ethnology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The Golden Wave would be ideal for use in introductory-level undergraduate anthropology or sociology courses on disasters and humanitarian aid. It would also be well placed in introductory courses on economic anthropology.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Sensitively written, this an articulate social anthropologist's examination of the immediate and ongoing much longer impact of 2004's devastating Indian Ocean tsunami. . . This is the best kind of microstudy. It merits much praise for its thick description and authenticity. . . Highly recommended.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[G]amburd shows that all of the narratives demonstrate how 'Under cover of disaster, capitalist interests can pursue neoliberal agendas, humanitarian workers can implement culturally inappropriate policies, and people pursuing international economic and political agendas can ignore or refuse local input'—a story that is repeated over and over from Nicaragua to New Orleans to Pakistan and beyond, and to which Gamburd has added rich narrative coupled with insightful analysis.71.2 2015\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Anthropological Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Gamburd's political ethnography of this disaster is brilliant, poignant, and will help anthropology in its nascent theorizing of disaster, and will help all of those who want to understand how people make sense and recover from disaster.\"—David L. Brunsma, \u003ci\u003eVirginia Tech\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[Provides] a rich human context to a catastrophic event too often reduced by statistics and policy analysis to an exemplary abstraction (or by sensationalism to a kind of voyeurism) . . . . I can well imagine general readers picking it up to try to figure out why the tsunami was 'golden' and getting hooked by the many stories.\"—Mark Whitaker, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Kentucky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 chaos and loss of the flood itself; the sense of community and leveling of social distinctions as people worked together to recover and regroup; and the local and national politics of foreign aid as the country began to rebuild. In \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Wave\u003c\/i\u003e, Gamburd describes how the catastrophe changed social identities, economic dynamics, and political structures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Political Ethnography of Disaster\u003cbr\u003e Wijitha's Story\u003cbr\u003e 1. That day: Chaos and Solidarity\u003cbr\u003e Dr. Priyanka's Story\u003cbr\u003e 2. Deaths: Fate and Vulnerability\u003cbr\u003e Pradeep and Manoj's Story\u003cbr\u003e 3. Short-term Camps: Chaos and the Crafting of Order\u003cbr\u003e Sumendra's Story\u003cbr\u003e 4. Housing: Temporary Shelters, Permanent Homes, and the Buffer Zone\u003cbr\u003e Lalitha's Story\u003cbr\u003e 5. Dangerous Liaisons: The Power, Peril, and Politics of Mediating between Donors and Recipients\u003cbr\u003e Jagath's Story\u003cbr\u003e 6. Business Recovery: Tourism and Construction\u003cbr\u003e Dayawansa's Story\u003cbr\u003e 7. Reconstructing Class: Discourse on Theft, Loot, Cheating, and Gifts\u003cbr\u003e Fazmina's Story\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Politics of Corruption: Accusations and Rebuttals\u003cbr\u003e Tharindu's Story\u003cbr\u003e 9. Citizenship and Ethnicity: The Tsunami and the Civil War\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523889033496,"sku":"9780253011398","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-golden-wave-culture-and-politics-after-sri-lankas-tsunami-disaster-paperback-softback-9780253011398","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}