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The Women of Katrina: How Gender, Race, and Class Matter in an American Disaster

The Women of Katrina: How Gender, Race, and Class Matter in an American Disaster

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General Gender StudiesGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0826517994
ISBN13: 9780826517999
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: Feb 24 2012
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.34
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.72 Depth: 10.13
Language: English
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. 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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