Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Fri fragt over 499,-
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Kurv
The Political Biography of an Earthquake
- Aftermath and Amnesia in Gujarat, India
Engelsk Paperback

The Political Biography of an Earthquake

- Aftermath and Amnesia in Gujarat, India
Engelsk Paperback

258 kr
Tilføj til kurv
Sikker betaling
23 - 25 hverdage

Om denne bog
For those so-minded, the aftermath of an earthquake presents opportunities to intervene. Thus, in Gujarat, following the disaster of 2001, leaders were deposed, proletariats created, religious fundamentalism incubated, the state restructured, and industrial capital- ism expanded exponentially. Rather than gazing in at those struggling in the ruins, as is commonplace in the literature, this book looks out from the affected region at those who came to intervene. Based on extensive research amid the dust and noise of re- construction, the author focuses on the survivors and their interactions with death, history, and with those who came to use the shock of disaster to change the order of things. Edward Simpson takes us deep into the experience of surviving a ''natural'' disaster. We see a society in mourning, further alienated by manufactured conditions of uncertainty and absurdity. We witness arguments about the past. What was important? What should be preserved? Was modernisation the cause of the disaster or the antidote? As people were putting things back together, they also knew that future earthquakes were inevitable. How did they learn to live with this terrible truth? How have people in other times and places come to terms with the promise of another earthquake, knowing that things will fall apart again?
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
288
ISBN-13:
9781849042871
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
184904287X
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
7 feb 2014
Længde:
22mm
Bredde:
169mm
Højde:
234mm
Forlag:
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Oplagsdato:
7 feb 2014
Forfatter(e):
Finder produkter...
Kategori sammenhænge