Men, Masculinities and Disaster

Elaine Enarson, Bob Pease, Elaine Enarson, Bob Pease

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781138934177
• eBook ISBN: 9781317390237
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Geography
• Index: Geography

In the examination of gender as a driving force in disasters, too little attention has been paid to how women's or men's disaster experiences relate to the wider context of gender inequality, or how gender-just practice can help prevent disasters or address climate change at a structural level.

With a foreword from Kenneth Hewitt, an afterword from Raewyn Connell and contributions from renowned international experts, this book helps address the gap. It explores disasters in diverse environmental, hazard, political and cultural contexts through original research and theoretical reflection, building on the under-utilized orientation of critical men's studies. This body of thought, not previously applied in disaster contexts, explores how men gain, maintain and use power to assert control over women. Contributing authors examine the gender terrain of disasters 'through men's eyes,' considering how diverse forms of masculinities shape men's efforts to respond to and recover from disasters and other climate challenges. The book highlights both the high costs paid by many men in disasters and the consequences of dominant masculinity practices for women and marginalized men. It concludes by examining how disaster risk can be reduced through men's diverse efforts to challenge hierarchies around gender, sexuality, disability, age and culture.

Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change

Series Editor: Ilan Kelman, Reader in Risk, Resilience and Global Health at the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) and the Institute for Global Health (IGH), University College London (UCL)

This series provides a forum for original and vibrant research. It offers contributions from each of these communities as well as innovative titles that examine the links between hazards, disasters and climate change, to bring these schools of thought closer together. This series promotes interdisciplinary scholarly work that is empirically and theoretically informed, with titles reflecting the wealth of research being undertaken in these diverse and exciting fields.

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Men, Masculinities and Disaster

Edited by Elaine Enarson and Bob Pease

Men, Masculinities and Disaster

Edited by

Elaine Enarson and Bob Pease

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Names: Enarson, Elaine Pitt, 1949- editor. | Pease, Bob, editor.

Title: Men, masculinities and disaster / edited by Elaine Enarson and Bob Pease.

Description: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa Business, [2016] | Series: Routledge studies in hazards, disaster risk and climate change | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016001722| ISBN 9781138934177 (hbk) |

ISBN 9781315678122 (ebk)

Subjects: LCSH: Disasters—Social aspects—Cross-cultural studies. | Disaster relief—Social aspects—Cross-cultural studies. | Masculinity—Cross-cultural studies. | Sex role—Cross-cultural studies.

Classification: LCC HV553 .M45 2016 | DDC 363.340811--dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016001722

ISBN: 978-1-138-93417-7 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-315-67812-2 (ebk)

DOI: 10.4324/9781315678122

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Contents

• Notes on contributors
• Foreword KENNETH HEWITT
• PART I Critical men’s studies and disaster
  • 1 The gendered terrain of disaster: thinking about men and masculinities ELAINE ENARSON AND BOB PEASE
  • 2 Masculinism, climate change and “man-made” disasters BOB PEASE
  • 3 Men and masculinities in the social movement for a just reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina RACHEL E. LUFT
  • 4 Hyper-masculinity and disaster: the reconstruction of hegemonic masculinity in the wake of calamity DUKE W. AUSTIN
  • 5 Rereading gender and patriarchy through a “lens of masculinity”: the “known” story and new narratives from post-Mitch Nicaragua SARAH BRADSHAW
• PART II The high cost of disaster for men: Coping with los sand change
  • 6 Men, masculinities and wildfire: embodied resistance and rupture CHRISTINE ERIKSEN AND GORDON WAITT
  • 7 Emotional and personal costs for men of the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, Australia DEBRA PARKINSON AND CLAIRE ZARA
  • 8 The tsunami’s wake: mourning and masculinity in Eastern Sri Lanka MALATHI DE ALWIS
  • 9 Japanese families decoupling following the Fukushima Nuclear Plant disaster: men’s choice between economic stability and radiation exposure RIKA MORIOKA
• PART III Diversity of impact and response among men in the aftermath of disaster
  • 10 Disabled masculinities and disasters MARK SHERRY
  • 11 Masculinity, sexuality and disaster: unpacking gendered LGBT experiences in the 2011 Brisbane floods in Queensland, Australia ANDREW GORMAN-MURRAY, SCOTT McKINNON AND DALE DOMINEY-HOWES
  • 12 Indigenous masculinities in a changing climate: vulnerability and resilience in the United States KIRSTEN VINYETA, KYLE POWYS WHYTE AND KATHY LYNN
  • 13 Youth creating disaster recovery and resilience in Canada and the United States: dimensions of the male youth experience JENNIFER TOBIN-GURLEY, ROBIN COX, LORI PEEK, KYLIE PYBUS, DMITRIY MASLENITSYN AND CHERYL HEYKOOP
• PART IV Transforming masculinity in disaster management
  • 14 Firefighters, technology and masculinity in the micro-management of disasters: Swedish examples MATHIAS ERICSON AND ULF MELLSTRÖM
  • 15 Resisting and accommodating the masculinist gender regime in firefighting: an insider view from the United Kingdom DAVE BAIGENT
  • 16 Using a gendered lens to reduce disaster and climate risk in Southern Africa: the potential leadership of men’s organizations KYLAH GENADE
  • 17 Training Pacific male managers for gender equality in disaster response and management STEPHEN FISHER
  • 18 Integrating men and masculinities in Caribbean disaster risk management LEITH DUNN
  • 19 Men, masculinities and disaster: an action research agenda ELAINE ENARSON
• Afterword RAEWYN CONNELL
• Index

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Frontmatter 1
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Notes on contributors
• Foreword—KENNETH HEWITT
• PART I Critical men’s studies and disaster
• PART II The high cost of disaster for men: Coping with los sand change
• PART III Diversity of impact and response among men in the aftermath of disaster
• PART IV Transforming masculinity in disaster management
• Afterword—RAEWYN CONNELL
• Index