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Heads above water : gender, class, and family in the Grand Forks flood /

"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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fothergill, Alice
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2004.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction : Red River rising
  • 2. Disaster strikes
  • 3. Women's roles
  • 4. Financial fallout
  • 5. stigma of charity
  • 6. Threats to mind and body
  • 7. Family and religion : havens in a flooded world?
  • 8. Domestic violence
  • 9. re-creation of domestic culture
  • 10. Everything in her path.