Abstract
Post-Katrina volunteerism proved paradigmatic for multiple reasons, including its volume of participation during and beyond immediate relief, the scope of service being performed, and the wide intersection of volunteers and activists performing the unpaid labor. Conventional volunteer theory, as synthesized by theorists Marc Musick and John Wilson, positions volunteer work as productive and involving collective action, operating on behalf of the collective good in an “ethical relationship” between the recipient and the volunteer, rooted in institutionally supported social reciprocity (Musick and Wilson 694–713).1
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D’Aloia, S. (2015). Internarrative Identity of an Imported Solidarity. In: Way, L. (eds) Representations of Internarrative Identity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137462534_2
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