Title In too deep : class and mothering in a flooded community / Rachel Tolbert Kimbro

Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction -- Choosing Bayou Oaks : are we in Pleasantville? -- Storm preparations : I had it all planned out before it even happened -- During the storm : get these babies out of the water -- Storm recovery : you can feel sorry for yourself when the work's done -- Family impacts : this past year has really been so wretched -- To stay or go : does anyone think this is crazy? -- Conclusion Summary "In a small neighborhood in Texas, there is an affluent group of mothers that have been repeatedly rocked by catastrophic flooding--the 2015 Memorial Day flood, the 2016 Tax Day flood, and 16 months later, Hurricane Harvey. Even after the floods, almost all of the mothers still believed there was only one neighborhood for them: Bayou Oaks. In Too Deep is a sociological exploration of what happens when climate change threatens the carefully curated family life of upper-middle-class mothers. Through 72 in-depth interviews with 36 Bayou Oaks mothers whose homes flooded during Hurricane Harvey, Rachel Kimbro reveals why these mothers continued to stay in a place that was becoming more and more unstable. Rather than retreating, the mothers dig in and sustain the community they have chosen and nurtured, trying to keep social, emotional, and economic instability at bay. In Too Deep provides a glimpse into how class and place intersect in an unstable physical environment and the prices we pay for securing our family's futures"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 07, 2021) Subject Neighborhoods -- Texas -- Houston -- 21st century Community life -- Texas -- Houston -- 21st century Mothers -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews Floods -- Social aspects -- Texas -- Houston -- 21st century SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity. SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes Community life Floods -- Social aspects Mothers Neighborhoods Texas -- Houston Genre/Form Interviews Form Electronic book LC no. 2021033065 ISBN 9780520976436 0520976436

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