After the storm : Black intellectuals explore the meaning of Hurricane Katrina / edited by David Dante Troutt.

Other author Troutt, David Dante.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : New Press : Distributed by W. W. Norton & Co., 2006.
Descriptionxxvii, 164 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
African Americans--Civil rights. --History. --21st century.
African Americans--Social conditions. --21st century.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Political aspects.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects.
Racism--Political aspects. --United States. --History. --21st century.
United States--Race relations. --Political aspects. --History. --21st century.

Contents Part one: Race, poverty, and place. Many thousands gone, again / David Dante Troutt -- Katrina : the American dilemma redux / Sheryll Cashin -- Part two: Class, politics, and the politics of race. The persistence of race politics and the restraint of recovery in Katrina's wake / John Valery White -- The real divide / Adolph L. Reed, Jr. -- Part three: Disasters and diaspora. Historicizing Katrina / Clement Alexander Price -- Great migrations? / Michael Eric Dyson -- Part four: Perceiving the image, framing identity, and critiquing "crime". Loot or find : fact or frame? / Cheryl I. Harris and Devon W. Carbado -- While visions of deviance danced in their heads / Katheryn Russell-Brown -- Part five: Rights and shared humanities. From wrongs to rights : Hurricane Katrina from a global perspective / Adrien Katherine Wing -- The station / Anthony Paul Farley.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2006008883
ISBN1595581162 (hardcover)
ISBN9781595581167

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks E185.615 .A594 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold