Anna Maria Bounds

Bracing for the Apocalypse

An Ethnographic Study of New York's 'Prepper' Subculture

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Produktbeschreibung

This ethnographic study explores the rise of urban preppers, the survivalist subculture in New York City, shedding light on the distinctive approach of city dwellers in preparing for disaster.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780415788489
• ISBN-10: 041578848X
• Artikelnr.: 69935487

Autorenporträt

Anna Maria Bounds is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Queens College, City University of New York, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1 Understanding the rise of prepping in the global city of New York
1 "Ready.Gov" versus "Ready without Gov": Prepping for disaster
2 New York marks the spot: Living on the X
3 Popular entertainment: Preppers as characters and as consumers
PART 2 Prepping in New York: Going it alone or going together
4 "Bugging in": Sheltering in place for the extremely wealthy and mere
mortals
5 "Bugging out": Strategic relocation and strategic packing
PART 3 Urban prepping and symbolic interaction
6 New York Prepper's Network's mission and organizational structure
7 Toughing it out over the weekend
8 Dodging a bullet
PART 4 Urban prepping as a new reflection of citizenship
9 Future directions for NYC prepping