Public Catastrophes, Private Losses |
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| Editor:
| Tobias, Sarah
Stein, Arlene |
| Introduction by:
| Tobias, Sarah
Stein, Arlene |
| Contribution by:
| Klein, Naomi
Fuentes, Marisa J.
Sharpe, Christina
Commander, Michelle
Flynn Walker, Jennifer
August Walker, Bela
Gallo, Marcia
Vázquez, Carmen
Riley, Kathleen C.
Kannan, Smruthi Bala
Klein, Stacy S.
Ledoux, Ellen Malenas
Deb, Basuli
Obiora, Leslye Amede |
| Series title: | The Feminist Bookshelf: Ideas for the 21st Century Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-9788-3878-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2025 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $250.00 |
Book Description:
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From COVID to climate-change-induced wildfires and hurricanes, we live in an era where catastrophes have become the new normal. But even though these events affect us all, some members of society are more vulnerable to harm than others. This essay collection explores how the definition of catastrophe might be expanded to include many forms of large-scale structural violence on communities, species, and ecosystems. Using feminist methodologies, the...
More DescriptionFrom COVID to climate-change-induced wildfires and hurricanes, we live in an era where catastrophes have become the new normal. But even though these events affect us all, some members of society are more vulnerable to harm than others.
This essay collection explores how the definition of catastrophe might be expanded to include many forms of large-scale structural violence on communities, species, and ecosystems. Using feminist methodologies, the contributors to Public Catastrophes, Private Losses trace the connections between seemingly unrelated forms of violence such as structural racism, environmental degradation, and public health crises. In contrast to a news media that focuses on mass fatalities and immediate consequences, these essays call our attention to how catastrophes can also involve slow violence with long-term effects.
The authors also consider how these catastrophes are profoundly shaped by government action or inaction, offering a powerful critique of how government neglect has cost lives and demonstrating how vulnerable populations can be better protected. The essays in this collection examine how public catastrophes imprint themselves on lives, as individuals and communities narrate, process, and grapple with legacies of loss. The book is thus a feminist intervention that challenges the binary between public and private, personal and political.