Description: Post-Tsunami Recovery in Thailand : Socio-Cultural Responses, Hardcover by Falk, Monica Lindberg, ISBN 1138023574, ISBN-13 9781138023574, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Of all the huge natural disasters that claimed the lives of thousands in Asia, the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 was the largest, estimated to have killed more than 230,000 people. The scope of damage brought about by this natural disaster urges focus onrecovery and post-disaster reconstruction from several perspectives. Here we find an in-depth ethnography of Thailand and the role of culture and religion as an underpinning issue in post-disaster recovery. Following the post-tsunami recovery over five years, th provides knowledge on socio-cultural responses from affected local communities after natural hazards, and is based on original material collected in Thailand after the 2004 tsunami. With a focus on how culture and religion interplay in the processes of building resilience and decreasing vulnerability, it gives a deeper understanding of how disasters are experienced and dealt with on a local level. It examines survivors' experiences of rituals and ceremonies that became a part of the survivors' lives in new ways after the tsunami, offering psychological reassurance and religious efficaciousness as well as communication links between themselves and the deceased. Using observations, narratives and material from in-depth interviews with survivors, relatives, relief workers, officials and Buddhist monks and nuns, this book contributes to the research on anthropology of disaster and to the development of research on cultural resilience and religion in post-disaster recovery"--
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Book Title: Post-Tsunami Recovery in Thailand : Socio-Cultural Responses
Number of Pages: 206 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Post-Tsunami Recovery in Thailand : Socio-Cultural Responses
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Ethnic Studies / General, Earth Sciences / Oceanography, Sociology / General, Regional Studies, Disasters & Disaster Relief
Item Height: 0.7 in
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.5 in
Author: Monica Lindberg Falk
Subject Area: Social Science, Science
Item Width: 6.4 in
Series: The Modern Anthropology of Southeast Asia Ser.
Format: Hardcover
