| Heads Above Water: Gender, Class, and Family in the Grand Forks Flood Contributor(s): Fothergill, Alice (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791461580 ISBN-13: 9780791461587 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: 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 disaster 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Social Science | Disasters & Disaster Relief |
| Dewey: 978.416 |
| LCCN: 2003058781 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.44" W x 9.02" (0.85 lbs) 270 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |