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Into the Fire
Shelley Pacholok
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Description for Into the Fire
Paperback. Thoughtfully engaging yet theoretically sophisticated, Into the Fire reveals how disasters bring traditional patterns of gender relations to light and often serve as catalysts for social change. Num Pages: 176 pages, 4. BIC Classification: JFSJ; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
In August 2003, one of the largest wildfires in Canadian history struck near Kelowna, British Columbia and the surrounding Okanagan Valley, causing unprecedented damage. As Shelley Pacholok observes in this innovative study, the turbulence and extreme conditions that followed in the wake of this disaster destabilized an important area of social life – that of gender relations.
Into the Fire combines insights from gender studies and disaster studies to explore the extent to which notions of “masculinity” and “femininity” are challenged in the wake of crises. Pacholok focuses on how gender relations were simultaneously sustained and disrupted among those who ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442614703
SKU
V9781442614703
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Ref
99-1
About Shelley Pacholok
Shelley Pacholok is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and History at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan.
Reviews for Into the Fire
‘Pacholok’s analysis of how a high stakes natural disaster can spark uneven change in gender relations at work is novel, insightful, and thorough…. This book will be a valuable and engaging resource for scholars of gender, work, and the environment alike.’
Sarah Thébaud
American Journal of Sociology, vol 119:06:2014
Sarah Thébaud
American Journal of Sociology, vol 119:06:2014