Offering

Clark, Nigel (2006). Offering. Space and Culture, 9(1) pp. 100–102.

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Abstract

Steering away from the more obvious concern with the breakdown of social order following Hurricane Katrina, this article draws on weblogs and bulletin boards to highlight acts of generosity and hospitality provoked by the disaster and poses some questions about what disasters might tell us about the emergence of the “social.”

Item Type:	Journal Article
Copyright Holders:	2006 Sage
ISSN:	1206-3312
Keywords:	New Orleans; Hurricane Katrina; generosity; hospitality; disaster
Academic Unit/Department:	Social Sciences > Geography
Interdisciplinary Research Centre:	OpenSpace Research Centre (OSRC)
Item ID:	17900
Depositing User:	Jan Smith
Date Deposited:	18 Aug 2009 10:43
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2010 05:57
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/17900

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