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Title I'm Afraid of That Water : a Collaborative Ethnography of a West Virginia Water Crisis / edited by Luke Eric Lassiter, Brian A. Hoey, and Elizabeth Campbell.

Publication Info. Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2020.

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "On January 9, 2014, chemicals used for cleaning crushed coal poured into the public drinking water in Charleston, WV. This book tells a particular set of stories of this chemical spill and its aftermath, an unfolding water crisis that would lead to months, even years, of fear and distrust. It is both oral history and collaborative ethnography, jointly conceptualized, researched, and written by people-more than 50 in all-across various positions in both academe and local communities"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Intro -- Contents -- Introduction by Elizabeth Campbell, Brian A. Hoey, and Luke Eric Lassiter -- Part I. "I'm Afraid of That Water": A West Virginia Disaster and Water Crisis -- 1. The Elk River Spill: On Water and Trust by Luke Eric Lassiter -- 2. Exploring the (Human) Nature of Disaster: Meaning and Context by Brian A. Hoey -- 3. Toward a Collaborative Ethnography by Luke Eric Lassiter -- 4. Chemical Spill Encountered by Trish Hatfield -- Part II. On Place: To Stay or Not to Stay -- 5. Blues BBQ by Jay Thomas -- 6. Citizen Response: On Leaving and Staying by Cat Pleska and Joshua Mills
7. In and Out of Appalachia by Emily Mayes -- Interlude: Exploring the (Human) Nature of Disaster: Impact and Responses by Brian A. Hoey -- Part III. On Making and Remaking Community -- 8. Activism and Community by Jim Hatfield -- 9. WVWaterHistory.com and Producing Digital Resources on a Water Crisis by Gabe Schwartzman -- 10. What Does a Water Crisis Sound Like? by Laura Harbert Allen -- 11. Can We Trust the Water System Now? Some Updates by Jim Hatfield -- Epilogue by Luke Eric Lassiter -- Afterword by Angie Rosser -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index
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Subject Disaster victims -- West Virginia -- Charleston -- Interviews.
Disaster victims.
West Virginia -- Charleston.
Genre/Form Interviews.
Subject Coal preparation plants -- West Virginia -- Charleston.
Coal preparation plants.
Chemical spills -- West Virginia -- Charleston.
Chemical spills.
Drinking water -- Contamination -- West Virginia -- Charleston.
Drinking water -- Contamination.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Interviews.
Added Author Campbell, Elizabeth, 1962- editor.
Hoey, Brian A., 1968- editor.
Lassiter, Luke E., editor.
Other Form: Print version: Lassiter, Luke Eric. I'm Afraid of That Water : A Collaborative Ethnography of a West Virginia Water Crisis. Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, ©2020 9781949199369
ISBN 194919938X
9781949199383 (electronic book)
9781949199369
9781949199376
1949199363
1949199371 (paperback)