Racing the Storm: Racial Implications and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina: Terri Adams-Fuller: Lexington Books

Racing the Storm

Racial Implications and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina

Racing the Storm

Racial Implications and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina

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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.

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 Part I: Perception and Typecasting
Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Making Sense of a Hurricane: Social Identity and Attribution Explanations of Race-related Differences in Katrina Disaster Responses
Chapter 4 Chapter 2: The Color(s) of Crisis: How Race, Rumor, and Collective Memory Shape the Legacy of Katrina
Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Reframing Crime in a Disaster: Perception, Reality, and Criminalization of Survival Tactics Among African Americans in the Aftermath of Katrina
Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Cultural Differences in Perceptions of the Government and the Legal System: Hurricane Katrina Highlights What Has Been There All Along
Part 7 Part II: Culture and Community
Chapter 8 Chapter 5: From "Gateway to the Americas" to the "Chocolate City:" The Racialization of Latinos in New Orleans
Chapter 9 Chapter 6: Saxophones, Trumpets, and Hurricanes: The Cultural Restructuring of New Orleans
Chapter 10 Chapter 7: Prayer and Social Welfare in the Wake of Katrina: Race and Volunteerism in Disaster Response
Part 11 Part III: Citizenship, Politics, and Government Priorities
Chapter 12 Chapter 8: Stipulations: A Typology of Citizenship in the United States after Katrina
Chapter 13 Chapter 9: Protect or Neglect? Social Structure, Decision Making, and the Risk of Living in African American Places in New Orleans
Chapter 14 Chapter 10: Blown Away: U.S. Militarism and Hurricane Katrina
Chapter 15 Chapter 11: Spectacular Privatizations: Perceptions and Lessons from Privatization of Warfare and the Privatization of Disaster
Chapter 16 Chapter 12: Running Faster Next Time: Blacks and Homeland Security
Chapter 17 Conclusion

Product details

Published	Jul 31 2007
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	320
ISBN	9780739119747
Imprint	Lexington Books
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Hillary Potter

Contributor

Terri Adams-Fuller

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Meera Adya

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Duke Austin

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Angela P. Cole

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O Jackson Cole

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Allison Cotton

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Brian J. Gerber

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Angela Glymph

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Arie Kruglanski

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Michelle Miles

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Monica K. Miller

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Joshua B. Padilla

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Susan C. Pearce

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Everette B. Penn

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Jennifer Reich

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Julie Singer

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Susan Sterett

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Rebecca M. Thomas

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Ganesh K. Trichur

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Nicole Trujillo-Pagan

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Rachael A. Woldoff

Racing the Storm uses race as a way to study it[Hurrican Katrina]. Highly recommended.

., Choice Reviews
This book highlights 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.

., Natural Hazards Observer
Racing the Storm: Racial Implications and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina is a wide ranging exploration of the many phases of the catastrophe, from social psychological statistical analysis of social identity and attributions explanations of race-based perceptions, the meaning of crime and looting from the perspectives of Black and minority people, the history and emerging racialization of Latino immigrants in New Orleands, to an intriguing comparison of Katrina and the human suffering caused by the war in Iraq. I strongly recommend it.

B. E. Aguirre, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware