We Are All Survivors - Verbal, Ritual, and Material Ways of Narrating Disaster and Recovery (Paperback)

What is the role of folklore in the discussion of catastrophe and trauma? How do disaster survivors use language, ritual, and the material world to articulate their experiences? What insights and tools can the field of folkloristics offer survivors for navigating and narrating disaster and its aftermath? Can folklorists contribute to broader understandings of empathy and the roles of listening in ethnographic work? We Are All Survivors is a collection of essays exploring the role of folklore in the wake of disaster. Contributors include scholars from the United States and Japan who have long worked with disaster-stricken communities or are disaster survivors themselves; individual chapters address Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Maria, and two earthquakes in Japan, including the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster of 2011. Adapted from a 2017 special issue of Fabula (from the International Society for Folk Narrative Research), the book includes a revised introduction, an additional chapter with original illustrations, and a new conclusion considering how folklorists are documenting the COVID-19 pandemic. We Are All Survivors bears witness to survivors' expressions of remembrance, grieving, and healing.

General

Imprint:	Indiana University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2022
Editors:	Carl Lindahl • Michael Dylan Foster • Kate Parker Horigan
Contributors:	Yutaka Suga • Yoko Taniguchi • Ko ji Kato • Amy Shuman • Gloria M. Colom Brana • Georgia Ellie Dassler
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	186
ISBN-13:	978-0-253-06376-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Myths & mythology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Folklore Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Social impact of disasters > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Myths & mythology
LSN:	0-253-06376-0
Barcode:	9780253063762

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