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- Heads above Water: Gender, Class, and Family in the Grand Forks Flood
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: State University of New York Press
summary
Heads above Water tells the stories of women and their families who survived the Grand Forks, North Dakota, flood of 1997, one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. This book describes the challenges women faced and explores the importance of class, race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability in their disaster recovery. The women found themselves face-to-face with social and familial upheaval, emotional and physical trauma, precarious economic and social status, and feelings of loss and violation. By exploring the experiences of these women, author Alice Fothergill contributes to broader sociological discussions about women’s changing roles, the stigma of needing and receiving assistance, family relationships under stress, domestic violence, downward mobility, and the importance of “home” to one’s identity and sense of self. Heads above Water offers poignant insight into women’s everyday lives in an extraordinary time.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. iii-v
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xii
- 1 Introduction: Red River Rising
- pp. 1-16
- 2 Disaster Strikes
- pp. 17-34
- 3 Women’s Roles
- pp. 35-52
- 4 Financial Fallout
- pp. 53-78
- 5 The Stigma of Charity
- pp. 79-104
- 6 Threats to Mind and Body
- pp. 105-135
- 8 Domestic Violence
- pp. 157-172
- 9 The Re-Creation of Domestic Culture
- pp. 173-202
- 10 Everything in Her Path
- pp. 203-221
- Appendix: Notes on Methodology
- pp. 223-238
- Bibliography
- pp. 253-264
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791484722
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
62365146
Pages
282
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No