Two years after Hurricane Maria hit, Puerto Ricans are still reeling from its effects and aftereffects. Aftershocks collects poems, essays and photos from survivors of Hurricane Maria detailing their determination to persevere.  The concept of "aftershocks" is used in the context of earthquakes to describe the jolts felt after the initial quake, but no disaster is a singular event. Aftershocks of Disaster examines the lasting effects of hurricane Maria, not just the effects of the wind or the rain, but delving into what followed: state failure, social abandonment, capitalization on human misery, and the collective trauma produced by the botched response.

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Yarimar Bonilla; Marisol LeBr?n; OverDrive, Inc

Bonilla, Yarimar; LeBrón, Marisol

United States, United States of America

La Vergne, 2019

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Copyright 5
Table of Contents 6
Foreword 10
Introduction: Aftershocks of Disaster 14
Part I: Openings 31
The Trauma Doctrine 32
¡Ay María! 48
Part II: Narrating the Trauma 73
WAPA Radio: Voices amid the Silence and Desperation 74
María’s Death Toll: On the Crucial Role of Puerto Rico’s Investigative Journalists 83
(note for a friend who wants to commit suicide after the hurricane) 90
“I’m Quite Comfortable”: Abandonment and Resignation after María 92
Narrating the Unnameable 100
If a Tree Falls in an Island: The Metaphysics of Colonialism 103
This Was Meant to Be a Hurricane Diary 105
Another Haphazard Gesture 109
Part III: Representing the Disaster 120
Our Fellow Americans: Why Calling Puerto Ricans “Americans” Will Not Save Them 121
US Media Depictions of Climate Migrants: The Recent Case of the Puerto Rican “Exodus” 133
Accountability and Representation: Photographic Coverage after the Disaster 146
Lifting the Veil: Portraiture as a Tool for Bilateral Representation 167
The Importance of Politically Engaged Artistic and Curatorial Practices in the Aftermath of Hurricane María 183
Si no pudiera hacer arte, me iba: The Aesthetics of Disaster as Catharsis in Contemporary Puerto Rican Art 201
Art and a Threshold Called Dignity 213
Picking up the Pieces 220
Part IV: Capitalizing on the Crisis 226
sinvergüenza sin nación/sinvergüenza with no nation 227
Puerto Rico’s Unjust Debt 233
Puerto Rico’s Debt Is Odious 246
Dismantling Public Education in Puerto Rico 255
Puerto Rico’s Fight for a Citizen Debt Audit: A Strategy for Public Mobilization and a Fair Reconstruction 271
Rhizomatic 278
Part V: Transforming Puerto Rico 281
Looking for a Way Forward in the Past: Lessons from the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party 282
Psychoanalysis as a Political Act after María 289
Authenticating Loss and Contesting Recovery: FEMA and the Politics of Colonial Disaster Management 304
The Energy Uprising: A Community-Driven Search for Sustainability and Sovereignty in Puerto Rico 317
Community Kitchens: An Emerging Movement? 327
Building Accountability and Secure Futures: An Interview with Mari Mari Narváez 336
Afterword: Critique and Decoloniality in the Face of Crisis, Disaster, and Catastrophe 349
Acknowledgments 360
Contributor Bios 362
Index 371
Back Cover 397
This eBook is licensed to Will Yang, williamyang1997@hotmail.com on 09/21/2019 398

An in-depth look at Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and the preexisting crisis that conditioned this historic disaster

2019-09-30