tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771273524585046532012-02-16T14:46:31.113-08:00compost the empirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00322144681579370836noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477127352458504653.post-91081258248020734732008-09-16T01:43:00.000-07:002008-09-16T02:03:30.854-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">Abstract<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />This paper points to systemic and structural inequalities revealed by the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Using Michel Foucault's Security, Territory, Population, I trace patterns of marginalization and vulnerability of low-income communities of color in New Orleans as the U.S. government places the security of the state before the security of its citizens and residents. This paper explores historical patterns of political bio-power within an anthropological frame of disasters to explicate configurations of knowledge/power and question particular meanings of security and justice for all.<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/477127352458504653-9108125824802073473?l=compostempire.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>compost the empirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00322144681579370836noreply@blogger.com0