{"product_id":"aftershocks-of-disaster-puerto-rico-before-and-after-the-storm-paperback","title":"Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYarimar Bonilla\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMarisol Lebrón\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo years after Hurricane Maria hit, Puerto Ricans are still reeling from its effects and aftereffects. Aftershocks collects poems, essays and photos from survivors of Hurricane Maria detailing their determination to persevere. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe concept of \"aftershocks\" is used in the context of earthquakes to describe the jolts felt after the initial quake, but no disaster is a singular event. \u003cem\u003eAftershocks of Disaster\u003c\/em\u003e examines the lasting effects of hurricane Maria, not just the effects of the wind or the rain, but delving into what followed: state failure, social abandonment, capitalization on human misery, and the collective trauma produced by the botched response.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYarimar Bonilla is a political anthropologist specializing in questions of sovereignty, citizenship, and race across the Americas. She has tracked these issues across a broad range of sites and practices including: postcolonial politics in the French Caribbean, the role of digital protest in the Black Lives Matter movement, the politics of the Trump presidency, the Puerto Rican statehood movement, and her current research, for which she was named a 2018 Carnegie Fellow, on the political, economic, and social aftermath of hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarisol LeBrón is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mexican American and Latina\/o Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research and teaching focus on social inequality, policing, violence, and protest. She is the author of \u003cem\u003ePolicing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico\u003c\/em\u003e, which examines the growth of punitive governance in contemporary Puerto Rico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49505939619992,"sku":"9781642590302","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/VI0FUEqI-59781642590302.webp?v=1784440323","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/aftershocks-of-disaster-puerto-rico-before-and-after-the-storm-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}