Heads above water
Subtitle: gender, class, and family in the Grand Forks flood
By: Alice Fothergill.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Floods -- Social aspects -- North Dakota -- Grand Forks.; Floods -- Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.); Women disaster victims -- North Dakota -- Grand Forks.; Women -- North Dakota -- Grand Forks -- Social conditions.; Sex role -- North Dakota -- Grand Forks.
Description: "Heads above Water tells the stories of women and their families who survived the Grand Forks, North Dakota, flood of 1997, one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. This book describes the challenges women faced and explores the importance of class, race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability in their disaster recovery. The women found themselves faced-to-face with social and familial upheaval, emotional and physical trauma, precarious economic and social status, and feelings of loss and violation."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-264) and index.