The Hand of God: Capitalism, Inequality, and Moral Geographies in Mississippi After Hurricane Katrina.

Within the United States, Mississippi often represents all that the country is not. However, within the state, the cultural geography is more complex and the area most affected by Hurricane Katrina is seen as least like the state as a whole. After Katrina, the state symbolically reincorporated the c...

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Publicado en:Anthropological Quarterly Vol. 83; no. 1; pp. 177 - 204
Autor principal: Hayden, Bridget
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: George Washington Institute for Ethnographic Research Winter 2010
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Sumario:Within the United States, Mississippi often represents all that the country is not. However, within the state, the cultural geography is more complex and the area most affected by Hurricane Katrina is seen as least like the state as a whole. After Katrina, the state symbolically reincorporated the coast while aligning itself with the values of the nation. Ironically, it was the destruction of the space/time of modernity characterizing the country that made this possible. As reconstruction progresses, differences within communities by class and between regions have been reconstituted along with the market and the space of modernity.