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“After the Storms: Reflections on the US Virgin Islands”
Author(s) -
Navarro Tami
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
transforming anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.325
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 1548-7466
pISSN - 1051-0559
DOI - 10.1111/traa.12127
Subject(s) - ambivalence , storm , government (linguistics) , political science , history , economic history , meteorology , geography , psychology , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy
This essay explores the impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria on the American‐owned islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John. It details the ambivalence with which the US engages with the Virgin Islands (given the regular elision of these islands from the category of “United States” in media coverage and by US government officials), as well as the ways in which these storms have revealed and brought to the fore long‐standing tensions in relation to the ways the islands relate both to each other and to the United States. In particular, there have been renewed tensions between St. Thomas and St. Croix around federal relief funding and awareness of conditions on the ground.