02712nam 2200565Ia 450 991082092720332120200520144314.00-8147-5293-41-4175-6861-510.18574/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)99100000000003145320020926d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHeroic efforts the emotional culture of search and rescue volunteers /Jennifer Lois1st ed.New York New York University Pressc20031 online resource (245 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-5183-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-227) and index.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.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 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 oMountaineeringSearch and rescue operationsUnited StatesCase studiesVolunteer workers in search and rescue operationsUnited StatesPsychologyCase studiesMountaineeringSearch and rescue operationsVolunteer workers in search and rescue operationsPsychology796.52/2/0289Lois Jennifer1682658MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820927203321Heroic Efforts4126463UNINA