Bracing for the apocalypse [electronic resource] : an ethnographic study of New York's 'prepper' subculture / Anna Maria Bounds.

"Increasing American fear about terrorism, environmental catastrophes, pandemics, and economic crises has fueled interest in 'prepping': confronting disaster by mastering survivalist skills. This trend of self-reliance is not merely evidence of the American belief in the power of the individual; rat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bounds, Anna Maria (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Subjects:	Survivalism > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York. Preparedness > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York. Subculture > New York (State) > New York. New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs.
Online Access:	Taylor & Francis eBooks (Complete Collection): 2020 (Taylor & Francis eBooks)
Variant Title:	Bracing for the Apocalypse: An Ethnographic Study of New York's ‘Prepper' Subculture
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

Part 1. Understanding the rise of prepping in the global city of New York
"Ready.Gov" versus "ready without gov": prepping for disaster
New York marks the spot: living on the x
Popular entertainment: preppers as characters and as consumers
Part 2. Prepping in New York: going it alone or going together
Bugging in: sheltering in place for the extremely wealthy and mere mortals
Bugging out: strategic relocation and strategic packing
Part 3. Urban prepping and symbolic interaction
New York prepper's network's mission and organizational structure
Toughing it out on the weekend
Dodging a bullet
Part 4. Urban prepping as a new reflection of citizenship
Future directions for New York City prepping.