Agency, affect, and the immunological politics of disaster resilience

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Grove,Kevin (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2014-04
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Environment & Planning D: Society & Space
    Journal Title Details:
    32(2) : 240-256
    ISBN:
    0263-7758
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, Jamaica, Ecology, Emergency management, Environmental policy, Biopolitics, and immunization
    Notes:
    Critical analysis of participatory disaster resilience programming in Jamaica. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted with Jamaica's national disaster management agency, argues that resilience operates through an affective economy of fear, hope, and confidence that enacts an immunitary biopolitics.

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