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Author Enarson, Elaine

Title Men, Masculinities and Disaster
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (269 pages)
Series Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change
Routledge studies in hazards, disaster risk, and climate change.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Part I Critical men's studies and disaster; 1 The gendered terrain of disaster: thinking about men and masculinities; 2 Masculinism, climate change and "man-made" disasters: toward an environmental profeminist response; 3 Men and masculinities in the social movement for a just reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina; 4 Hyper-masculinity and disaster: the reconstruction of hegemonic masculinity in the wake of calamity
5 Rereading gender and patriarchy through a "lens of masculinity": the "known" story and new narratives from post-Mitch NicaraguaPart II The high cost of disaster for men: Coping with loss and change; 6 Men, masculinities and wildfire: embodied resistance and rupture; 7 Emotional and personal costs for men of the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, Australia; 8 The tsunami's wake: mourning and masculinity in Eastern Sri Lanka; 9 Japanese families decoupling following the Fukushima Nuclear Plant disaster: men's choice between economic stability and radiation exposure
Part III Diversity of impact and response among men in the aftermath of disaster10 Disabled masculinities and disasters; 11 Masculinity, sexuality and disaster: unpacking gendered LGBT experiences in the 2011 Brisbane floods in Queensland, Australia; 12 Indigenous masculinities in a changing climate: vulnerability and resilience in the United States; 13 Youth creating disaster recovery and resilience in Canada and the United States: dimensions of the male youth experience; Part IV Transforming masculinity in disaster management
14 Firefighters, technology and masculinity in the micro-management of disasters: Swedish examples15 Resisting and accommodating the masculinist gender regime in firefighting: an insider view from the United Kingdom; 16 Using a gendered lens to reduce disaster and climate risk in Southern Africa: the potential leadership of men's organizations; 17 Training Pacific male managers for gender equality in disaster response and management; 18 Integrating men and masculinities in Caribbean disaster risk management; 19 Men, masculinities and disaster: an action research agenda; Afterword; Index
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Subject Disasters -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies
Disasters -- Social aspects
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
Author Pease, Bob
ISBN 9781317390244
1317390245