Homosocial stewardship
The opposed and unpaid care work of women water stewards in West Virginia, USA
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4977288 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martina Angela Caretta (0000-0002-6811-304X, West Virginia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Conservation Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1195-5449 • E-ISSN: 1708-3087 |
| Publisher | Resilience Alliance (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.5751/es-11555-250229 |
| OpenAlex | W3039670043 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 11 |
The identity of people living in Central Appalachia is tightly connected with water. Because of the threats to water resources due to coal mining, and most recently, hydraulic fracturing and oil and gas pipeline projects, citizens have formed several nonprofit organizations to preserve or restore rivers and watersheds. Notably, women head the biggest, state-wide, most active and visible of these organizations. Grounded in 25 in-depth interviews with female water stewards in West Virginia, this article examines nurturing approaches, financial impediments, and opposition that make water stewardship in West Virginia essentially homosocial care work. Expanding on the knowledge-agency-care stewardship framework, this article contributes to the under-researched dimension of care. It also suggests that the analytical lens of homosociality is fruitful to understand the gender and power dynamics that hamper water stewardship in WV. Finally, it challenges the renewed stereotyping and essentializing of Appalachia through the representation of women as passive, ignorant, bound to their homes, victims of overdoses, sexual trafficking, and violent marital relationships by showing how, against material and societal odds, women persist in their care for water
Appalachia · Care work · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Engineering · Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
Resilience
Resistance to Extractivism‐Induced Water Insecurity. Does Gender Have a Role in It? A Systematic Scoping Review
Conceptualizing, analyzing, and supporting stewardship
Community concern and government response
Critical mapping of the energy-gender nexus
Narrative and folklore as methodologies for studying emotions, embodiment, and water during the 2014 Elk River chemical spill in West Virginia
Women and Water
Stewardship as a boundary object for sustainability research
Environmental Stewardship
Feminist Solidarity? Women's Engagement in Politics and the Implications for Water Management in the Darjeeling Himalaya
Recruiting Managing Directors
Landscape, Politics, Labour and Identity
Another Place Is Possible? Labor Geography, Spatial Dispossession, and Gendered Resistance in Central Appalachia
Transforming communicative spaces
Homosociality
Member checking
Welcome to the Men's Club
Coal, Identity, and the Gendering of Environmental Justice Activism in Central Appalachia
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |