Narratives of Cultural Trauma (And Resilience): Collective Negotiation of Material Well-Being in Disaster Recovery

Cultural trauma occurs with a shared understanding that a group has experienced a horrendous event. We analyze a television series on community recovery from tornados. Using cultural trauma theory, we explain how resilience narratives sustain recovery in communities, and theorize why some communities differ in their capacity to materially recover.



Citation:

Stacey Menzel Baker and Courtney Nations Baker (2014) ,"Narratives of Cultural Trauma (And Resilience): Collective Negotiation of Material Well-Being in Disaster Recovery", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 42, eds. June Cotte, Stacy Wood, and , Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 7-11.

Authors

Stacey Menzel Baker, University of Wyoming, USA
Courtney Nations Baker, University of Wyoming, USA



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 42 | 2014



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