The Gendered Terrain of Disaster: Through Women's Eyes

by Elaine Enarson, Betty Morrow

Overview

Gender is revealed as a central organizing principle in social life when the unexpected transforms daily routines, environments, and social institutions. Using specific disaster experiences from around the world, this book argues for a gendered perspective in policy, practice and research. Contributing authors challenge the image of women as hapless victim in their accounts of women who rebuilt flooded homes in Bangladesh, evacuated families from Australian bushfires, reconstructed communities after a Mexican earthquake, and mobilized women in Miami in the wake of Hurricane Andrew. From Bangladesh to Scotland, the case studies document the root causes of women's vulnerability to disaster and the central roles they play before, during and after disaster. The authors recommend strategies for policy makers and emergency practitioners to more fully engage women in disaster planning and response.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275961107
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/30/1998
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)
Lexile:	1340L (what's this?)

About the Author

ELAINE ENARSON is Visiting Scholar at the University of British Columbia's Disaster Preparedness Resources Centre and Community Research Scholar with the UBC Centre for Research in Women's Studies and Gender Relations.

BETTY HEARN MORROW is Associate Professor of Sociology and a research associate of the International Hurricane Center at Florida International University.

Table of Contents

Preface
Gender? Why Women?: An Introduction to Women and Disaster by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow
Perspectives on Gender and Disaster
The Neglect of Gender in Disaster Work: An Overview of the Literature by Alice Fothergill
Gender Inequality, Vulnerability, and Disaster: Issues in Theory and Research by Robert Bolin, Martina Jackson, and Allison Crist
The Perspective of Gender: A Missing Element in Disaster Response by Joe Scanlon
Social Construction of Gendered Vulnerability
Eve and Adam among the Embers: Gender Pattern after the Oakland Berkeley Firestorm by Susanna M. Hoffman
A Comparative Perspective on Household, Gender, and Kinship in Relation to Disaster by Raymond Wiest
"Men Must Work and Women Must Weep": Examining Gender Stereotypes in Disasters by Maureen Fordham and Anne-Michelle Ketteridge
Women and Post-Disaster Stress by Jane C. Ollenburger and Graham A. Tobin
Balancing Vulnerability and Capacity: Women and Children during Philippine Disasters by Zenaida G. Delica
Domestic Violence after Disaster by Jennifer Wilson, Brenda D. Phillips, and David M. Neal
Case Studies of Women Responding to Disaster
Gender, Disaster, and Empowerment: A Case Study from Pakistan by Farzana Bari
Women in Bushfire Country by Helen Cox
"Floods, They're a Damned Nuisance": Women's Flood Experiences in Rural Australia by C. Christine Finlay
Disaster Prone: Reflections of a Female Permanent Disaster Volunteer by Carrie Barnecut
Women's Disaster Vulnerability and Response to the Colima Earthquake by Carolina Serrat Viñas
Gender Differentiation and Aftershock Warning Response by Paul W. O'Brien and Patricia Atchison
Reflections from a Teacher and Survivor by Diane Gail Colina
Women Will Rebuild Miami: A Case Study of Feminist Response to Disaster by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow
Women in Emergency Management: An Australian Perspective by Doone Robertson
Women's Roles in Natural Disaster Preparation and Aid: A Central American View by Letizia Toscani
The Role of Women in Health-Related Aspects of Emergency Management: A Caribbean Perspective by Gloria E. Noel
Conclusion: New Directions Toward a Gendered Disaster Science—Policy, Practice, and Research by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

Comprises 20 contributions on gender roles during and after disasters, largely inspired by the editors' experiences with Hurricane Andrew. Topics include the neglect of gender in disaster work, gender inequality, gender patterns after the Oakland Berkeley firestorm, household perspectives in relation to disaster, women and postdisaster stress, and 11 case studies taken from Pakistan, Australia, Colima, Miami, Central America, and the Caribbean. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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