In this Book
- The Golden Wave: Culture and Politics after Sri Lanka's Tsunami Disaster
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Indiana University Press
summary
In December 2004 the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated coastal regions of Sri Lanka. Six months later, Michele Ruth Gamburd returned to the village where she had been conducting research for many years and began collecting residents' stories of the disaster and its aftermath: the chaos and loss of the flood itself; the sense of community and leveling of social distinctions as people worked together to recover and regroup; and the local and national politics of foreign aid as the country began to rebuild. In The Golden Wave, Gamburd describes how the catastrophe changed social identities, economic dynamics, and political structures.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Abbreviations, Names, and Sinhala Terms
- pp. xi-xii
- The Golden Wave
- 1. That Day: Chaos and Solidarity
- pp. 18-31
- 2. Deaths: Fate and Vulnerability
- pp. 32-49
- Conclusion
- pp. 193-198
- References
- pp. 203-210
- About the Author
- p. 217
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253011503
Related ISBN(s)
9780253011381, 9780253011398
MARC Record
OCLC
864744479
Pages
248
Launched on MUSE
2014-04-01
Language
English
Open Access
No