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Disaster Anniversay: A Social Reconstruction of Time
Author(s) -
Forrest Thomas R.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1993.tb00323.x
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , sociology , epistemology , hurricane katrina , operations research , natural disaster , geography , engineering , philosophy , meteorology
The author uses a sociology of time framework to explore how six communities acknowledge the first and second anniversary of Hurricane Hugo. Employing the concept anniversary with a conventional time framework, a comparative case study of coastal and inland communities is used to illustrate how past events surrounding a disaster, such as Hurricane Hugo, are reconstructed to have meaning and utility for the present.