TY - BOOK AU - Pardee,Jessica Warner TI - Surviving Katrina: The Experiences of Low-Income African American Women SN - 9781626372481 AV - HV636 2005.N4 P37 2014 U1 - 976.3/3500496073 23 PY - 2022///] CY - Boulder : PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers, KW - African American women KW - Louisiana KW - New Orleans KW - Hurricane Katrina, 2005 KW - Social aspects KW - Poor women KW - Women disaster victims - Louisiana - New Orleans KW - Women disaster victims KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1. Understanding Katrina --; 2. Theorizing Disaster Recovery and Everyday Poverty --; Part 1: Preparation --; Introduction --; 3. Decision Time --; 4. Leaving Home --; Part 2: Survival --; Introduction --; 5. Stranded --; 6. Shelters of Last Resort --; Part 3: Recovery --; Introduction --; 7. Seeking Shelter --; 8. Living Displacement --; 9. Returning Home --; 10. Redefining Recovery --; Appendix: Studying Hurricane Katrina as a Scholar-Survivor --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book; restricted access N2 - Jessica Pardee documents and examines the experiences of low-income African American women during Hurricane Katrina to uncover the ways that race, class, and gender shape the experiences of disasters. Drawing on intimate interviews to explore the complex challenges that these women faced in the course of the hurricane and its aftermath, Pardee reveals how, with so few material resources, they survived the storm and began the process of rebuilding their lives UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781626372481 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781626372481 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781626372481/original ER -