Into the fire : disaster and the remaking of gender /

In August 2003, one of the largest wildfires in Canadian history struck near Kelowna, British Columbia and the surrounding Okanagan Valley, causing unprecedented damage. As Shelley Pacholok observes in this innovative study, the turbulence and extreme conditions that followed in the wake of this dis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pacholok, Shelley, 1966- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2013.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt5hjwhv
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Summary:In August 2003, one of the largest wildfires in Canadian history struck near Kelowna, British Columbia and the surrounding Okanagan Valley, causing unprecedented damage. As Shelley Pacholok observes in this innovative study, the turbulence and extreme conditions that followed in the wake of this disaster destabilized an important area of social life - that of gender relations.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv,167 pages) : illustrations, digital file
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781442666849
1442666846
9781442646919