The women of Katrina: how gender, race, and class matter in an American disaster
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This volume draws on original research and firsthand narratives from women in diverse economic, political, ethnic, and geographic contexts to portray pre-Katrina vulnerabilities, gender concerns in post-disaster housing and assistance, and women's collective struggles to recover from this catastrophe. It states that the transformative event known as "Katrina" exposed long-standing social inequalities. While debates rage about race and class relations in New Orleans and the Katrina diaspora, gender remains curiously absent from public discourse and scholarly analysis.
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Hazards
Cyclone
Country and region
United States of America
ISBN/ISSN/DOI
9780826517982
Number of pages
272 p.
Publication Year
2012