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Summary:

"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 on recovery 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, the book 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"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
• 2. Framing relief and recovery in post-tsunami Thailand
• 3. day of disruption
• 4. place of refuge: organizing chaos
• 5. Communication across boundaries
• 6. Buddhism and ways to recovery
• 7. Donations, compensations and religious mission
• 8. Remembrance, commemoration and memorial ceremonies
• 9. Building resilience
• 10. Conclusion.

Author/Creator:

Falk, Monica Lindberg , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Post-tsunami recovery in Thailand: socio-cultural responses [by Falk, M.L.]

Related Series:

Modern anthropology of South-East Asia

Subjects:

Tsunami relief — Social aspects — Thailand

Disaster victims — Rehabilitation — Thailand

Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004 — Social aspects

Indian Ocean Tsunami (2004)

2004

Disaster victims

Rehabilitation

Tsunami relief

Social aspects

Thailand

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HV603 2004.T5 F35 2015eb

ISBNs:

9781317690139 (electronic bk.)
1317690133 (electronic bk.)
9781138023574 [Invalid]
1138023574 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

891447667

Other Control Numbers:

850030 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp12085259