Movement Against Disaster: An Ethnography of Post-Katrina Volunteerism in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana

This thesis explores the experiences and practices of disaster relief volunteers. This thesis is based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted over a period of fifty-three days in the summer of 2007 at the post-hurricane Katrina Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana. Through innovative practices an...

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Main Author: Huff, Patrick W.
Format: Others
Published: Digital Archive @ GSU 2008
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Online Access:http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/anthro_theses/24
http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=anthro_theses