Heroic efforts the emotional culture of search and rescue volunteers
Winner of the 2006 Outstanding Recent Contribution Award from the American Sociological Association, Sociology of Emotions Section. Many 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 te...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press
c2003.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798230506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Studying Peak Search and Rescue
- Joining up
- Socializing heroes
- Dealing with crisis: rescuers' emotions
- Dealing with others in crisis: managing victims' and families' emotions
- Labeling heroes: letters from survivors and families
- The emotional rewards of rescue work
- Heroic efforts.
