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Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith: New Orleans in the Wake of Katrina by Vincanne Adams

Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith: New Orleans in the Wake of Katrina

Vincanne Adams

248 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative slow-paced
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Readers who are passionate about social justice, community resilience, and the complexities of disaster recovery will be deeply moved and informed by Vincanne Adams' powerful exploration of the human cost of disaster capitalism and the inspiring stories of faith-based and nonprofit efforts to rebuild New Orleans in the wake of Katrina.

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Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith is an ethnographic account of long-term recovery in post-Katrina New Orleans. It is also a sobering exploration of the privatization of vital social services under market-driven governance. In the wake of Hurrica...

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4.06
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challenging: 75%

informative: 75%

emotional: 50%

reflective: 50%

sad: 50%

inspiring: 25%

tense: 25%


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