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

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"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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fothergill, Alice
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2004.
Temas:
Floods > Social aspects > North Dakota > Grand Forks.
Floods > Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.)
Women disaster victims > North Dakota > Grand Forks.
Women > North Dakota > Grand Forks > Social conditions.
Sex role > North Dakota > Grand Forks.
Inondations > Aspect social > Dakota du Nord > Grand Forks.
Inondations > Rouge, Vallée de la (Minn. et Dak. du N.-Man.)
Femmes victimes de catastrophes > Dakota du Nord > Grand Forks.
Femmes > Dakota du Nord > Grand Forks > Conditions sociales.
Rôle selon le sexe > Dakota du Nord > Grand Forks.
HISTORY > State & Local.
Floods
Floods > Social aspects
Sex role
Women disaster victims
Women > Social conditions
North America > Red River Valley (Minnesota and North Dakota and Manitoba)
North Dakota > Grand Forks
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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