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Racing the storm : racial implications and lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina

"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."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, ©2007
Lexington Books, Lanham, ©2007
Aufsatzsammlung
xiii, 314 pages ; 23 cm
9780739119730, 9780739119747, 0739119737, 0739119745
123766857
Making sense of a hurricane : social identity and attribution explanations of race-related differences in Katrina disaster responses
The color(s) of crisis : how race, rumor and collective memory shape the legacy of Katrina
Reframing crime in a disaster : perception, reality, and criminalization of survival tactics among African Americans in the aftermath of Katrina
Cultural differences in perceptions of the government and the legal system : Hurricane Katrina highlights what has been there all along
From "Gateway to the Americas" to the "Chocolate City" : the racialization of Latinos in New Orleans
Saxophones, trumpets, and hurricanes : the cultural restructuring of New Orleans
Prayer and social welfare in the wake of Katrina : race and volunteerism in disaster response
Stipulations : a typology of citizenship in the United States after Katrina
Protect or neglect? Social structure, decision making, and the risk of living in African American places in New Orleans
Blown away : U.S. militarism and Hurricane Katrina
Spectacular privatizations : perceptions and lessons from privatization of warfare and the privatization of disaster
Running faster next time : blacks and Homeland Security