Reproducing the Gender Order in the Wake of Disasters. Revisiting 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

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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 Vacuum Filter 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 Bookmark deviation from these expectations.This is illustrated by revisiting 20 guided interviews from a case study on a mudslide disaster in Austria.