{"product_id":"settler-colonialism-is-the-disaster-a-critique-of-new-orleans-after-hurricane-katrina-and-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-hardcover","title":"Settler Colonialism Is the Disaster: A Critique of New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina and During the Covid-19 Pandemic - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCassandra Shepard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebuilding efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and during the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed perpetual disaster on New Orleans' Black and Indigenous communities. Neoliberalism masked by the auspices of repair, progress, and inclusion reinforced the plight of the urban poor while exacerbating the racial and class inequalities that existed before the storm. Cassandra Shepard's analysis draws on ideas of settler-colonialism to chart how depriving Black and Indigenous people of critical resources intensified the harm, violence, and death inherent in systems of colonization. As Shepard shows, the rhetoric of improvement allows coloniality to masquerade as rebuilding while white elites consolidate power, profit, and privilege. Displaced and disenfranchised people of color, meanwhile, experience the impact of racial-disaster capitalism, with the chaos surrounding Katrina and COVID-19 obscuring the for-profit economic, political, and social exploitation of non-white New Orleanians. Ambitious and provocative, \u003ci\u003eSettler Colonialism is the Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e refutes the myth of New Orleans' presumptive revival by shining new light on the ongoing colonization project at its heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCassandra Shepard \u003c\/b\u003eis an assistant professor in the Department of African American and Diaspora Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 9.05 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47356165587193,"sku":"9780252046995","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/clAZcaf_4G9780252046995.webp?v=1769858832","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/settler-colonialism-is-the-disaster-a-critique-of-new-orleans-after-hurricane-katrina-and-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}