The women of Katrina : how gender, race, and class matter in an American disaster / edited by Emmanuel David and Elaine Enarson.

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TextPublication details: Nashville, Tenn. : Vanderbilt University Press, c2012.Description: xxv, 264 p. ; 26 cmISBN:

9780826517999 (pbk. edition : alk. paper)

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976/.044 22

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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