Epicentre to Aftermath: Rebuilding and Remembering in the Wake of Nepal's Earthquakes

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Michael Hutt (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Mark Liechty (University of Illinois)

Epicentre to Aftermath

Rebuilding and Remembering in the Wake of Nepal's Earthquakes

Michael Hutt (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), Mark Liechty (University of Illinois), Stefanie Lotter (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)

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English

Cambridge University Press
30 September 2021

Social impact of disasters; Sociology; Social & cultural anthropology; Physical anthropology & ethnography; Regional government

Epicentre to Aftermath makes both empirical and conceptual contributions to the growing body of disaster studies literature by providing an analysis of a disaster aftermath that is steeped in the political and cultural complexities of its social and historical context.

Drawing together scholars from a range of disciplines, the book highlights the political, historical, cultural, artistic, emotional, temporal, embodied and material dynamics at play in the earthquake aftermath. Crucially, it shows that the experience and meaning of a disaster are not given or inevitable, but are the outcome of situated human agency. The book suggests a whole new epistemology of disaster consequences and their meanings, and dramatically expands the field of knowledge relevant to understanding disasters and their outcomes.

Edited by: Michael Hutt (School of Oriental and African Studies University of London), Mark Liechty (University of Illinois), Stefanie Lotter (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 237mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 740g
ISBN: 9781108834056
ISBN 10: 1108834051
Pages: 478
Publication Date: 30 September 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Hutt is a scholar of Nepali literature who has authored and edited fourteen books and over fifty articles and book chapters on Nepali and Himalayan topics. His most recent book was the edited volume Political Change and Public Culture in Post-1990 Nepal published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. A cultural anthropologist by training, Mark Liechty has been a student of Nepali and South Asian culture and history for more than three decades. He is the author of three influential books on modern Nepal and a founding co-editor of the journal Studies in Nepali History and Society. Stefanie Lotter is Senior Teaching and Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.