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Back to Normal: Gender and Disaster
Author(s) -
Alway Joan,
Belgrave Linda Liska,
Smith Kenneth J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
symbolic interaction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.874
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1533-8665
pISSN - 0195-6086
DOI - 10.1525/si.1998.21.2.175
Subject(s) - new normal , psychology , sociology , social psychology , medicine , covid-19 , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Our earlier studies of Hurricane Andrew focused on the destruction of everyday life during the crisis itself and the reconstruction of a taken‐for‐granted world during the recovery period; this paper examines the significance of gender in these processes. The abrupt loss of taken‐for‐granted reality occasioned by the storm involved only a slight and momentary disruption of gender roles. The resilience of these roles can be understood only if gender is seen as a property of social organization that shapes not only interactional expectations and pressures, but also cultural and institutional processes, as well as bodily experiences.