Risk and Adaptation in a Cancer Cluster Town
Seiten
2023
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-2353-2 (ISBN)
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-2353-2 (ISBN)
Using a cancer cluster community in Northwest Ohio as a case study, Laura Hart advances an approach to risk that grapples with the complexities of community belonging, disconnect, and disruption in the wake of suspected industrial pollution.
In disease cluster communities across the country, environmental contamination from local industries is often suspected as a source of disease. But civic action is notoriously hampered by the slow response from government agencies to investigate the cause of disease and the complexities of risk assessment.
In Risk and Adaptation in a Cancer Cluster Town, Laura Hart examines another understudied dimension of community inaction: the role of emotion and its relationship to community experiences of social belonging and inequality. Using a cancer cluster community in Northwest Ohio as a case study, Hart advances an approach to risk that grapples with the complexities of community belonging, disconnect, and disruption in the wake of suspected industrial pollution. Her research points to a fear driven not only by economic anxiety, but also by a fear of losing security within the community—a sort of pride that is not only about status, but connectedness. Hart reveals the importance of this social form of risk—the desire for belonging and the risk of not belonging—ultimately arguing that this is consequential to how people make judgements and respond to issues. Within this context where the imperative for self-protection is elusive, affected families experience psychosocial and practical conflicts as they adapt to cancer as a way of life. Considering a future where debates about risk and science will inevitably increase, Hart considers possibilities for the democratization of risk management and the need for transformative approaches to environmental justice.
In disease cluster communities across the country, environmental contamination from local industries is often suspected as a source of disease. But civic action is notoriously hampered by the slow response from government agencies to investigate the cause of disease and the complexities of risk assessment.
In Risk and Adaptation in a Cancer Cluster Town, Laura Hart examines another understudied dimension of community inaction: the role of emotion and its relationship to community experiences of social belonging and inequality. Using a cancer cluster community in Northwest Ohio as a case study, Hart advances an approach to risk that grapples with the complexities of community belonging, disconnect, and disruption in the wake of suspected industrial pollution. Her research points to a fear driven not only by economic anxiety, but also by a fear of losing security within the community—a sort of pride that is not only about status, but connectedness. Hart reveals the importance of this social form of risk—the desire for belonging and the risk of not belonging—ultimately arguing that this is consequential to how people make judgements and respond to issues. Within this context where the imperative for self-protection is elusive, affected families experience psychosocial and practical conflicts as they adapt to cancer as a way of life. Considering a future where debates about risk and science will inevitably increase, Hart considers possibilities for the democratization of risk management and the need for transformative approaches to environmental justice.
LAURA HART is an assistant professor of sociology at Missouri State University. Her previous publications include “Emotion and Othering in a Contaminated Community” (Ethnography, 2022) and “Half the Battle: Social Support and Coping among Women with Cancer” (Qualitative Inquiry, 2016).
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Town of Whirlpool
1 The Deregulation of Toxic Chemicals
2 Cancer in Clyde and “Will-o’-the-Wisp Things”
3 Emotion, Risk, and Othering
4 Embodied Risk
5 Toward Transformative Movements of Theory and Practice
Notes
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 27.05.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 2 B-W, 2 color |
| Verlagsort | New Brunswick NJ |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 227 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-9788-2353-3 / 1978823533 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-9788-2353-2 / 9781978823532 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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