03227nam 22006373u 450 991078326280332120230207223625.00-8147-5293-41-4175-6861-510.18574/nyu/9780814752937(CKB)1000000000031453(EBL)865658(OCoLC)780425906(SSID)ssj0000170574(PQKBManifestationID)11155655(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000170574(PQKBWorkID)10223951(PQKB)10850882(MiAaPQ)EBC865658(DE-B1597)547071(DE-B1597)9780814752937(EXLCZ)99100000000003145320131125d2003|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrHeroic Efforts[electronic resource] The Emotional Culture of Search and Rescue VolunteersNew York NYU Press20031 online resource (245 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-5183-0 Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Studying Peak Search and Rescue; 2 Joining Up; 3 Socializing Heroes; 4 Dealing with Crisis: Rescuers' Emotions; 5 Dealing with Others in Crisis: Managing Victims' and Families' Emotions; 6 Labeling Heroes; 7 The Emotional Rewards of Rescue Work; 8 Heroic Efforts; Notes; References; Index; About the AuthorWinner 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 terrain in search of lost hikers or leave work to search potential avalanche zones for missing skiers, snowboarders, and snowmobilers in blizzard conditions. They often put their own lives in danger to rescue stranded, hypothermic kayakers and rafters from rivers. Drawing on six years of participant oMountaineering -- Search and rescue operations -- United States -- Case studiesVolunteer workers in search and rescue operations -- United States -- Psychology -- Case studiesMountaineeringSearch and rescue operationsUnited StatesCase studiesVolunteer workers in search and rescue operationsPsychologyUnited StatesCase studiesRecreation & SportsHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCMountaineering -- Search and rescue operations -- United States -- Case studies.Volunteer workers in search and rescue operations -- United States -- Psychology -- Case studies.MountaineeringSearch and rescue operationsVolunteer workers in search and rescue operationsPsychologyRecreation & SportsSocial Sciences796.52/2/0289Lois Jennifer1548546AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910783262803321Heroic Efforts3855423UNINA