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.

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同性恋管理：美国西弗吉尼亚州女用水管理者的反对和无偿护理工作

生活在阿巴拉契亚中部的人们的身份与水紧密相连。由于煤矿开采对水资源的威胁，以及最近的水力压裂和油气管道项目，公民们已经成立了几个非营利组织来保护或恢复河流和流域。值得注意的是，在这些组织中，女性领导着最大，全州范围内，最活跃和可见的组织。本文基于对西弗吉尼亚州女用水管理人员的25次深度访谈，探讨了使西弗吉尼亚州的用水管理本质上是同社会照料工作的养育方法，财务障碍和反对意见。在扩展知识机构护理管理框架的基础上，本文有助于对护理的研究不足。这也表明，对社会关系的分析有助于了解阻碍WV中水资源管理的性别和权力动态。最后，它通过表明妇女如何在面对物质和社会困境的情况下坚持不懈，将妇女表示为被动，无知，束缚自己的家园，剂量过量的受害者，性贩运和暴力婚姻关系，从而挑战了阿巴拉契亚的重新定型观念和本质化。他们照顾水。