The Women of Katrina

How Gender, Race, and Class Matter in an American Disaster

Author: Emmanuel David
Secondary Author: Elaine Pitt Enarson
ISBN: 9780826517999

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.

Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Publish Date: 2012

Subjects: Political Science / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), Social Science / Gender Studies, Social Science / Disasters & Disaster Relief

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Intersectionality)