{"product_id":"we-are-all-survivors-verbal-ritual-and-material-ways-of-narrating-disaster-and-recovery-hardback-9780253063755","title":"We Are All Survivors; Verbal, Ritual, and Material Ways of Narrating Disaster and Recovery (Hardback) 9780253063755","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWe Are All Survivors\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eVerbal, Ritual, and Material Ways of Narrating Disaster and Recovery\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarl Lindahl (Edited by), Michael Dylan Foster (Edited by), Kate Parker Horigan (Edited by), Yutaka Suga (Contributions by), Yoko Taniguchi (Contributions by), Kōji Katō (Contributions by), Amy Shuman (Contributions by), Gloria M. Colom Braña (Contributions by), Georgia Ellie Dassler (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253063755\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 September 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e186 pages, 23 b\u0026amp;w illus. - 23 Illustrations, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.449 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\u003eAs catastrophes proliferate around us, \u003ci\u003eWe Are All Survivors\u003c\/i\u003e provides a timely, intimate, and empathetic look at disasters and recovery. Written by a group of outstanding folklorists, most of whom have themselves faced the devastation of traumatic events, this volume explores the role folkloristics has played and can play in disaster stricken communities. \u003ci\u003eWe Are All Survivors\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of thought, methodological skill, and heart.\u003c\/p\u003e - Diane Goldstein, Professor Emeritus, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University \u003cp\u003eThis book is a must-read not only for ethnographers and researchers working with disaster survivors, but also for academics who seek to become more empathetic and more community-oriented researchers.\u003c\/p\u003e - Nana Kaneko - Smithsonian Cutural Rescue Initiative (JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is the role of folklore in the discussion of catastrophe and trauma? How do disaster survivors use language, ritual, and the material world to articulate their experiences? What insights and tools can the field of folkloristics offer survivors for navigating and narrating disaster and its aftermath? Can folklorists contribute to broader understandings of empathy and the roles of listening in ethnographic work?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Are All Survivors\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays exploring the role of folklore in the wake of disaster. Contributors include scholars from the United States and Japan who have long worked with disaster-stricken communities or are disaster survivors themselves; individual chapters address Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Maria, and two earthquakes in Japan, including the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster of 2011. Adapted from a 2017 special issue of \u003ci\u003eFabula\u003c\/i\u003e (from the International Society for Folk Narrative Research), the book includes a revised introduction, an additional chapter with original illustrations, and a new conclusion considering how folklorists are documenting the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Are All Survivors\u003c\/i\u003e bears witness to survivors' expressions of remembrance, grieving, and healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction: We Are All Survivors, by Carl Lindahl\u003cbr\u003e2. Into the Bullring: The Significance of \"Empathy\" after the Earthquake, by Yutaka Suga\u003cbr\u003e3. Rebuilding and Reconnecting After Disaster: Listening to Older Adults, by Yoko Taniguchi\u003cbr\u003e4. The Story of Cultural Assets and their Rescue: A First-Hand Report from Tohoku, by Kōji Katō\u003cbr\u003e5. Critical Empathy: A Survivor's Study of Disaster, by Kate Parker Horigan\u003cbr\u003e6. Empathy and Speaking Out, by Amy Shuman\u003cbr\u003e7. The Intangible Lightness of Heritage, by Michael Dylan Foster\u003cbr\u003e8. Documenting Disaster Folklore in the Eye of the Storm: Six Months After María, by Gloria M. Colom Braña\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: The COVID-19 Pandemic and \"Folklife's First Responders,\" by Georgia Ellie Dassler and Kate Parker Horigan\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":52525494763800,"sku":"9780253063755","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/we-are-all-survivors-verbal-ritual-and-material-ways-of-narrating-disaster-and-recovery-hardback-9780253063755","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}