Into the fire disaster and the remaking of gender /
Pacholok, Shelley, 1966-
Into the fire disaster and the remaking of gender / Shelley Pacholok. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2013. (Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2013). - 1 online resource (167 pages) : illustrations, digital file.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Black Fridays -- Methodological and Theoretical Road Map -- Firefighting Is a Man's Game: Organizational Cultures and Practices -- 'We Felt Like We Lost': Explaining Failure and Rescuing Masculinity -- Navigating Hierachy and Contesting Masculinities -- Working with the Other: Resistance, Accommodation, and Reproduction -- Out of the Ashes.
In August 2003, one of the largest wildfires in Canadian history struck near Kelowna, British Columbia and the surrounding Okanagan Valley, causing unprecedented damage. As Shelley Pacholok observes in this innovative study, the turbulence and extreme conditions that followed in the wake of this disaster destabilized an important area of social life - that of gender relations.
9781442666849
Disasters--Social aspects.
Disaster relief--Social aspects.
Women--Social conditions.
Women--Psychology.
Sex role.
Electronic Books.
HV553 / .I586 2013
Into the fire disaster and the remaking of gender / Shelley Pacholok. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2013. (Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2013). - 1 online resource (167 pages) : illustrations, digital file.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Black Fridays -- Methodological and Theoretical Road Map -- Firefighting Is a Man's Game: Organizational Cultures and Practices -- 'We Felt Like We Lost': Explaining Failure and Rescuing Masculinity -- Navigating Hierachy and Contesting Masculinities -- Working with the Other: Resistance, Accommodation, and Reproduction -- Out of the Ashes.
In August 2003, one of the largest wildfires in Canadian history struck near Kelowna, British Columbia and the surrounding Okanagan Valley, causing unprecedented damage. As Shelley Pacholok observes in this innovative study, the turbulence and extreme conditions that followed in the wake of this disaster destabilized an important area of social life - that of gender relations.
9781442666849
Disasters--Social aspects.
Disaster relief--Social aspects.
Women--Social conditions.
Women--Psychology.
Sex role.
Electronic Books.
HV553 / .I586 2013