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Michele Ruth Gamburd is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at Portland State University. She is author of The Kitchen Spoons Handle: Transnationalism and Sri Lankas Migrant Housemaids and Breaking the Ashes: The Culture of Illicit Liquor in Sri Lanka and editor (with Dennis B. McGilvray) of Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka: Ethnic and Regional Dimensions. Introduction: Political Ethnography of Disaster Wijitha’s Story 1. That day: Chaos and Solidarity Dr. Priyanka’s Story 2. Deaths: Fate and Vulnerability Pradeep and Manoj’s Story 3. Short-term Camps: Chaos and the Crafting of Order Sumendra’s Story 4. Housing: Temporary Shelters, Permanent Homes, and the Buffer Zone Lalitha’s Story 5. Dangerous Liaisons: The Power, Peril, and Politics of Mediating between Donors and Recipients Jagath’s Story 6. Business Recovery: Tourism and Construction Dayawansa’s Story 7. Reconstructing Class: Discourse on Theft, Loot, Cheating, and Gifts Fazmina’s Story 8. The Politics of Corruption: Accusations and Rebuttals Tharindu’s Story 9. Citizenship and Ethnicity: The Tsunami and the Civil War Conclusion
