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Racing the Storm
Racial Implications and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
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2007
Summary
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit land and gravely affected the lives of many people in the states along the Gulf Coast. Katrina went beyond demonstrating the devastating natural effects of a hurricane by exposing the continuing significance of race relations and racial stereotyping in U.S. society.Racing the Storm serves to highlight the race-based perceptions of and responses to Katrina survivors by governmental entities, volunteers, the media, and the general public. Scholars from a variety of disciplines take on the task of analyzing the social phenomena and racial implications surrounding Hurricane Katrina.
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Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2007
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-1974-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-5988-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
315
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Introduction No access
1 Making Sense of a Hurricane: Social Identity and Attribution Explanations of Race-Related Differences inKatrina Disaster Response No access
2 The Color(s) of Crisis: How Race, Rumor and Collective Memory Shape the Legacy of Katrina No access
3 Reframing Crime in a Disaster: Perception, Reality, and Criminalization of Survival Tactics among African Americans in the Aftermath of Katrina No access
4 Cultural Differences in Perceptions of the Government and the Legal System: Hurricane Katrina Highlights What Has BeenThere All Along No access
5 From "Gateway to the Americas" to the "Chocolate City": The Racialization of Latinos in New Orleans No access
6 Saxophones, Trumpets, and Hurricanes: The Cultural Restructuring of New Orleans No access
7 Prayer and Social Welfare in the Wake of Katrina: Race and Volunteerism in Disaster Response No access
8 Stipulations: A Typology of Citizenship in the United States After Katrina No access
9 Protect or Neglect? Social Structure, Decision Making, and the Risk of Living in African American Places in New Orleans No access
10 Blown Away: U.S. Militarism and Hurricane Katrina No access
11 Spectacular Privatizations: Perceptions and Lessons from Privatization of Warfare and the Privatization of Disaster No access
12 Running Faster Next Time: Blacks and Homeland Security No access
