Floods, they're a damned nuisance : women's experiences during floodtime and meanings for disaster.

Contributor(s):

Finlay, Carol

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: [Queensland : James Cook University, 1992]Description: ix, 84 pSubject(s):

Floods
Women

DDC classification:

363.34930821 21

Subject: Addresses women's experiences during floods and their meanings for disaster. Explores assumptions in the academic literature about women's role in disasters. This contrasts with the reported reactions of women, who see a flood not as a disaster, but as a nuisance. Discusses the normalisation of women's disaster experiences, their autonomous roles, the nature of their work, their status, and explores male hegemony in rural communities

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	F363.34930821 FLO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900052391

Thesis (B.A. Hons) - James Cook University of North Queensland, 1992

Addresses women's experiences during floods and their meanings for disaster. Explores assumptions in the academic literature about women's role in disasters. This contrasts with the reported reactions of women, who see a flood not as a disaster, but as a nuisance. Discusses the normalisation of women's disaster experiences, their autonomous roles, the nature of their work, their status, and explores male hegemony in rural communities

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