Indonesia and the Politics of Disaster: Power and Representation in Indonesias Mud Volcano (Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia)

Named after Lapindo Brantas, a gas exploration company that was drilling at the eruption site, the Lapindo mudflow initially burst in 2006 and continues to flow today, becoming the most expensive disaster in Indonesia's history. Using this environmental incident in Indonesia as a case study, this book explores representations of disaster in scie