Publications and Research
Document Type
Book Chapter or Section
Publication Date
2019
Abstract
The chapter discusses how institutional regulators of disaster recovery "authenticate" loss and contribute to the process of disciplining disaster subjects. Drawing on ethnographic research after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, the chapter suggests that alternative grassroots approaches to disaster recovery point to a reimagining of "recovery" organized around a framework of support and affective relations.
Included in
Latin American Studies Commons, Latina/o Studies Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons
Comments
Molinari, Sarah. 2019. “Authenticating Loss and Contesting Recovery: FEMA and the Politics of Colonial Disaster Management.” In Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm, edited by Yarimar Bonilla and Marisol LeBrón. Haymarket Press.
The complete volume can be found on the publisher's website:
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1333-aftershocks-of-disaster