The Anthropology of Disasters in Latin America

Name: The Anthropology of Disasters in Latin America
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Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change

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This book offers anthropological insights into disasters in Latin America. It fills a gap in the literature by bringing together national and regional perspectives in the study of disasters. The book essentially explores the emergence and development of anthropological studies of disasters. It adopts a methodological approach based on ethnography, participant observation, and field research to assess the social and historical constructions of disasters and how these are perceived by people of a certain region. This regional perspective helps assess long-term dynamics, regional capacities, and regional-global interactions on disaster sites. With chapters written by prominent Latin American anthropologists, this book also considers the role of the state and other nongovernmental organizations in managing disasters and the specific conditions of each country, relative to a greater or lesser incidence of disastrous events. Globalizing the existing literature on disasters with a focus on Latin America, this book offers multidisciplinary insights that will be of interest to academics and students of geography, anthropology, sociology, and political science.

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Virginia García-Acosta is a Mexican social anthropologist and historian, as well as a teacher and researcher since 1973 in CIESAS, Mexico. Her research relates to disaster and risk from a historical-anthropological perspective, focused in Mexico and Latin America. Last book Les Catastrophes et l´interdisciplinarité (Louvain, 2017). Forthcoming Hurricanes in Mexico: Five Centuries of History and Memory (Mexico).

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August 2nd, 2021

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Professional & Vocational
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Edited by Virginia Garcia Acosta

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10 Illustrations, black and white

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252

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Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change

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9781032081991

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34796344

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