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<p>While disasters are considered a rupture of the established gender order, they rarely result in its profound change. This paper contributes to a proper understanding of its perpetuation. It suggests to take a disaster as a framework for action that is symbolically shaped by gender expectations. Within this framework, the gender order is reproduced through practices that affirm and reinforce these expectations and, thus, impede the gender-neutralising potential of a practical deviation from these expectations. This is illustrated by revisiting 20 guided interviews from a case study on a mudslide disaster in Austria.</p>
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While disasters are considered a rupture of the established gender order, they rarely result in its profound change. This paper contributes to a proper understanding of its perpetuation. It suggests to take a disaster as a framework for action that is symbolically shaped by gender expectations. Within this framework, the gender order is reproduced through practices that affirm and reinforce these expectations and, thus, impede the gender-neutralising potential of a practical deviation from these expectations. This is illustrated by revisiting 20 guided interviews from a case study on a mudslide disaster in Austria.

Reproducing the Gender Order in the Wake of Disasters. Revisiting a Case Study on a Mudslide Disaster in Austria

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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While disasters are considered a rupture of the established gender order, they rarely result in its profound change. This paper contributes to a proper...

Reproducing the Gender Order in the Wake of Disasters. Revisiting a Case Study on a Mudslide Disaster in Austria

Published Online: Jul 12, 2022

Page range: 395 - 417

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2021-0012

Keywords
Gender order, doing gender, undoing gender, gendered disaster experience

© 2021 Sandra Maria Pfister, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Reproducing the Gender Order in the Wake of Disasters. Revisiting a Case Study on a Mudslide Disaster in Austria

Published Online: Jul 12, 2022

Page range: 395 - 417

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2021-0012

KeywordsGender order, doing gender, undoing gender, gendered disaster experience

© 2021 Sandra Maria Pfister, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Gender order, doing gender, undoing gender, gendered disaster experience