The Aftermath of the 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Living among the Rubble

by Shoichiro Takezawa

Book Overview

Based on witness testimony and eighteen months of fieldwork, this work of disaster ethnography examines the effects of East Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami on the fishing town of Otsuchi. It analyzes how local social systems developed to cope with the destruction and redevelopment and how residents behaved and narrated their own experiences.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498542530
• ISBN13: 9781498542531
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"