Publications
Publication details [#58110]
Xu, Kaibin. 2013. In the wake of the Wenchuan earthquake: the function of story-sharing in rebuilding communities in the quake disaster zone. Asian Journal of Communication 23 (2) : 152–174. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
This study argues that Wenchuan 2008 earthquake survivors’ sharing of earthquake stories serves the therapeutic purpose of helping survivors deal with negative experiences and emotions, and rebuild their communities.