Men, Masculinities and Disaster (Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change)

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. In the examination of gender as a driving force in disasters, 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. This book explores disasters in diverse environmental, hazard, political and cultural contexts through original research and theoretical reflection, building on the orientation of critical men's studies. This body of thought explores how men gain, maintain and use power to assert control over women. Table of Contents: Foreword / Kenneth Hewitt; Section 1: 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: Towards an Environmental Profeminist Response / 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. Re-Reading Gender and Patriarchy Through a 'Lens of Masculinity:' The 'Known' Story and New Narratives From Post-Mitch Nicaragua / Sarah Bradshaw; Section 2: The high cost of disaster for men: Coping with loss and 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; Section 3: 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, 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; Section 4: 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 Regimein 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; 20. Afterword / Raewyn Connell Contents 6 Notes on contributors 10 Foreword • Kenneth Hewitt 18 Part I: Critical men’s studies and disaster 24 1 The gendered terrain of disaster: thinking about men and masculinities • Elaine Enarson and Bob Pease 26 2 Masculinism, climate change and “man-made” disasters: toward an environmental profeminist response • Bob Pease 44 3 Men and masculinities in the social movement for a just reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina • Rachel E. Luft 57 4 Hyper-masculinity and disaster: the reconstruction of hegemonic masculinity in the wake of calamity • Duke W. Austin 68 5 Rereading gender and patriarchy through a “lens of masculinity”: the “known” story and new narratives from post-Mitch Nicaragua • Sarah Bradshaw 79 Part II: The high cost of disaster for men: Coping with loss and change 90 6 Men, masculinities and wildfire: embodied resistance and rupture • Christine Eriksen and Gordon Waitt 92 7 Emotional and personal costs for men of the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, Australia • Debra Parkinson and Claire Zara 104 8 The tsunami’s wake: mourning and masculinity in Eastern Sri Lanka • Malathi de Alwis 115 9 Japanese families decoupling following the Fukushima Nuclear Plant disaster: men’s choice between economic stability and radiation exposure • Rika Morioka 126 Part III: Diversity of impact and response among men in the aftermath of disaster 138 10 Disabled masculinities and disasters • Mark Sherry 140 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 151 12 Indigenous masculinities in a changing climate: vulnerability and resilience in the United States • Kirsten Vinyeta, Kyle Powys Whyte and Kathy Lynn 163 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 175 Part IV: Transforming masculinity in disaster management 186 14 Firefighters, technology and masculinity in the micro-management of disasters: Swedish examples • Mathias Ericson and Ulf Mellstr.m 188 15 Resisting and accommodating the masculinist gender regime in firefighting: an insider view from the United Kingdom • Dave Baigent 198 16 Using a gendered lens to reduce disaster and climate risk in Southern Africa: the potential leadership of men’s organizations • Kylah Genade 209 17 Training Pacific male managers for gender equality in disaster response and management • Stephen Fisher 220 18 Integrating men and masculinities in Caribbean disaster risk management • Leith Dunn 232 19 Men, masculinities and disaster: an action research agenda • Elaine Enarson 242 Afterword • Raewyn Connell 257 Index 260