Governing Affect: Neoliberalism and Disaster Reconstruction

by Roberto Barrios and Roberto E. Barrios

Book Overview

Roberto E. Barrios presents an ethnographic study of the aftermaths of four natural disasters: southern Honduras after Hurricane Mitch; New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina; Chiapas, Mexico, after the Grijalva River landslide; and southern Illinois following the Mississippi River flood. Focusing on the role of affect, Barrios examines the ways in which people who live through disasters use emotions as a means of assessing the relevance of governmentally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496201906
• ISBN13: 9781496201904
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"