Offering

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

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1206331205283736

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.”

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• Item ORO ID
• 17900
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1206-3312
• Keywords
• New Orleans; Hurricane Katrina; generosity; hospitality; disaster
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
• Research Group
• OpenSpace Research Centre (OSRC)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2006 Sage
• Depositing User
• Jan Smith