Heroic Efforts : : The Emotional Culture of Search and Rescue Volunteers /

Heroic Efforts : : The Emotional Culture of Search and Rescue Volunteers / / Jennifer Lois.

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Winner of the 2006 Outstanding Recent Contribution Award from the American Sociological Association, Sociology of Emotions SectionMany search and rescue workers voluntarily interrupt their lives when they are called upon to help strangers. They awake in the middle of the night to cover miles of terr...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Lois, Jennifer,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2003]
©2003
Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Studying Peak Search and Rescue
  • 2 Joining Up
  • 3 Socializing Heroes
  • 4 Dealing with Crisis
  • 5 Dealing with Others in Crisis
  • 6 Labeling Heroes
  • 7 The Emotional Rewards of Rescue Work
  • 8 Heroic Efforts
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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