FALL-WINTER 2013 - University of Toronto Press Publishing

Into the FireDisaster and the Remaking of GenderShelley PacholokIn August 2003, one of the largest wildfires in Canadian history struck near Kelowna, BritishColumbia and the surrounding Okanagan Valley, causing unprecedented damage. As ShelleyPacholok observes in this innovative study, the turbulence and extreme conditions thatfollowed in the wake of this disaster destabilized an important area of social life – that ofgender relations.Into the Fire combines insights from gender studies and disaster studies to explore theextent to which notions of “masculinity” and “femininity” are challenged in the wake ofcrises. Pacholok focuses on how gender relations were simultaneously sustained and disruptedamong those who fought the fire, drawing on media representations as well as interviews withfirefighters. Into the Fire illuminates how disasters can serve as catalysts for new patterns ofgender, even in highly masculine spaces.Shelley Pacholok is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and History at theUniversity of British Columbia, Okanagan.SOCIOLOGYApprox. 160 pp / 6 x 9 / June 20134 illustrationsCloth 978-1-4426-4691-9$50.00 (£34.99) EPaper 978-1-4426-1470-3$21.95 (£15.99) CeBook 978-1-4426-6685-6 $21.95Sociology / Gender StudiesSocial TheoryContinuity and Confrontation: A Reader, Third EditionEdited by Roberta Garner and Black Hawk HancockUTP Higher EducationThe organization of this popular social theory reader, which pairs classical articles withcontemporary theoretical and empirical studies, highlights the historical flow of social theoryand demonstrates how disagreements and confrontations shape theory over time. Written inclear, down-to-earth language, the introductions to each selection link theorists to one another,illustrating how theoretical traditions are not rigidly separate but are always in conversation,addressing and challenging each other.The third edition incorporates significant changes: more readings, a completely revampedchapter on gender, new chapters on race and culture, and unique material on the “transitionalgiants” who have helped to transform classical theory into contemporary theory. The result isan excellent overview of social theory.Roberta Garner is a professor in the Department of Sociology at DePaul University. BlackHawk Hancock is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at DePaul University.Approx. 656 pp / 7 ½ x 9 ¼ /November 2013Cloth 978-1-4426-0776-7$140.00 EPaper 978-1-4426-0648-7$64.95 XSociologyNorth American rights only.utppublishing.com39