Shelley Pacholok

Into the Fire

Disaster and the Remaking of Gender

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Produktbeschreibung

Thoughtfully engaging yet theoretically sophisticated, Into the Fire reveals how disasters bring traditional patterns of gender relations to light and often serve as catalysts for social change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 151mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 285g
• ISBN-13: 9781442614703
• ISBN-10: 1442614706
• Artikelnr.: 38132888

Autorenporträt

Shelley Pacholok is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and History at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Illustrations
Tables
Preface
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2
GENDER, DISASTER, AND THE MOUNTAIN PARK FIRE: A METHODOLOGICAL AND
THEORETICAL ROAD MAP
Chapter 3
‘FIREFIGHTING IS A MAN’S GAME’: ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES AND PRACTICES
Chapter 4
‘WE FELT LIKE WE LOST’: EXPLAINING FAILURE AND RESCUING MASCULINITY
Chapter 5
NAVIGATING HIERARCHY AND CONTESTING MASCULINITIES
Chapter 6
WORKING WITH THE OTHER: RESISTANCE, ACCOMMODATION, AND REPRODUCTION
Chapter 7
CONCLUSION
Appendix
DILEMMAS, TENSIONS, AND CONTRADICTIONS IN FEMINIST INSPIRED RESEARCH