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020			_a9781478031635
028			_aRaghav Books Pvt. Ltd _bA-184, A, Nand Gram, Ghaziabad _c871 _d21/08/2025
082			_a363.3 CHO
100			_a Choi, Vivian Y.
245			_aDisaster Nationalism _b: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka. _c/Vivian Y Choi.
260			_a, London _b: Duke University Press _c, 2025.
300			_axxiii, 200p. _c; 24cm.
365			_b2171
520			_aIn Disaster Nationalism, Vivian Y. Choi examines how the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami fostered new forms of governance and militarization during Sri Lanka’s decades-long civil war that led to enduring forms of precarity and insecurity. Tracing the development of disaster management projects following the tsunami, Choi demonstrates how these projects rest on a logic that treats natural disasters and terrorism as inevitable risks in need of management. The tsunami’s destruction foreclosed the possibility of political resolution to the war, as the state leveraged these projects to justify its militarized aggression in the war against the Tamil Tigers and a new construction of the Sri Lankan nation. Choi reveals how, paradoxically, state-sponsored disaster management projects—from new buffer and border zones to early warning systems—created more insecurity. Choi amplifies the experiences of those affected by the tsunami, particularly Tamil and Muslim communities. In so doing, Choi shows how life perseveres against perpetual uncertainty and danger—caused by natural disasters and state-sanctioned violence alike.
650			_aDisaster Management
650			_aChemical disasters
650			_aTsunami & Civil War
700			_aVivian Y Choi.
942			_cBOOK
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