Weathering the World

Weathering the WorldThe Asian tsunami in December 2004 severely affected people in coastal regions all around the Indian Ocean. This book provides the first in depth ethnography of the disaster and its effects on a fishing village in Tamil Nadu, India. The author explores how the villagers have lived with the tsunami in the years succeeding it and actively worked to gradually regain a sense of certainty and confidence in their environment in the face of disempowering

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Chapters end with reflective questions challenging the reader to apply "lessons learned

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