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THE GENDERED TERRAIN OF DISASTER: THROUGH WOMEN'S EYES
Elaine Enarson & Betty Hearn Morrow, Editors
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Excerpts from reviews:
The contributions of the volume are interdisciplinary and international,
and they reaffirm the need for a gendered look at disaster...The
book is an important contribution to the disaster literature...The
editors provide excellent introductions to each part of the book
that will help readers select chapters that are most pertinent
to their interests. In the end, the editors succeed in leading
us through the Agendered terrain of disaster.@
Susan Lovegren Bosworth, American Journal of Sociology 1999 105
(3): 857-8.
As a researcher in the world outside academia, the criteria I
use to determine whether information is useful to others are pragmatically
based. Specifically, I look for information that can directly help
planners and others in the fields of emergency preparedness, response,
and recovery. [This book] does all of this and more...
Barbara Vogt, International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters,
2000, 18 (1): 117-8.
The editors are careful to specify that the relationship between
gender and disaster experiences is not a simple one. Race, class,
ethnicity, culture, sexuality, and age all combine to create a
complex mix. The authors of the various chapters examine the ways
in which the traditional roles of women B child rearing, cooking
and homemaking, managing emotional needs of the family B place
them in a position to experience grave hardship during natural
disasters...The American experiences studied and reported in this
volume powerfully remind the reader that being female contributes
significantly to vulnerability in the United States as well as
in developing countries... One hopes for a paperback version to
make the research accessible to a broader array of students in
environmental courses as well as to disaster relief practitioners.
Shirley Laska, Gender & Society, 1999, 13 (6): 822-824
If the goal of researchers, public policy makers, planners, managers,
and responders is to positively nd effectively impact as many
people as possible through their efforts, it is only logical and
fair that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
Consequently, professionals need to place women at the forefront
of their efforts. This book will help them to begin the process.
Pamela Showalter, Journal of Political Ecology, 1999, Vol. 6.
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Hurricane Andrew: Ethnicity, Gender, and the Sociology
of Disasters
Walter Gillis Peacock, Betty Hearn Morrow & Hugh Gladwin
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Excerpts from reviews of Hurricane Andrew:Ethnicity, Gender and
the Sociology of Disasters
In my 30 years of reading disaster case studies this is by far the best! Peacock,
Morrow, and Gladwin have done a superb job of weaving together the findings
of nine separate research projects. This work addresses areas long neglected
in the disaster research literature. An added bonus is the excellent local
maps, well-crafted figures, and visually powerful Miami Herald photographs.
Thomas R. Forrest, Contemporary Sociology, 1999, 28 (3): 328-329
This must be
an essential text for all of those in the emergency and contingency planning
field, especially with regard to the longevity
of the after-care requirements and the dramatic and potentially
crippling effect that such events can have on families and communities.
H. C. Wilson, Disaster Prevention and Management, 1998, 7 (1):
71
This volume written in the spirit of City on the Edge, Urban Fortunes,
and other work on the "political economy of place" concludes
by documenting the hurricane-induced changes that have begun to
occur. Its theoretical approach and findings will interest not
only disaster specialists but also urban sociologists, planners,
regional scientists, and race, gender, and public policy researchers.
Kathleen J. Tierney, American Journal of Sociology, 1999, 104 (5):
1557-9
This book is a well-integrated collection of articles on the impact
of a hurricane by a research team, many of whom were victims themselves.
Since the entire team worked together as they divided into smaller
groups to study specific issues, they were able to share a common
theoretical orientation and take care to address all relevant questions.
I highly recommend this book to researchers, policy makers, and
teachers interested in the area of disasters.
Mary Lou Wylie, American Anthropologist, 1999, 101 (3): 685-6.
...this is an excellent collection of original research on a major
disaster event. It has many positive features, such as the incisive
policy considerations at the end of each chapter.
Benigno E. Aguirre, International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters,
1999, 17(3), 399-401.
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