Different Places, Different Voices (eBook, PDF)

Gender and Development in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Redaktion: Kinnaird, Vivian; Momsen, Janet

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Produktbeschreibung

This recognises the significance of place in the developing world, challenging Western feminist and post-colonial approaches in the analysis of the changing lives of the women of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Oceania.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134904020
• Artikelnr.: 42819712

Autorenporträt

Janet H. Momsen is Professor in the Department of Geography, University of California, Davis and Chair of the International Geographical Union Commission on Gender and Geography. Vivian Kinnaird is Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Sunderland.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Part I Introduction 1 GEOGRAPHY, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT Part II
Africa INTRODUCTION 2 HOUSEHOLD ENERGY SUPPLY AND WOMEN'S WORK IN GHANA 3
WOMEN'S ROLE AND PARTICIPATION IN FARM AND COMMUNITY TREE-GROWING
ACTIVITIES IN KIAMBU DISTRICT, KENYA 4 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND WOMEN'S
TIME BUDGETS IN UGANDA 5 THE IMPACT OF LABOUR-SAVING DEVICES ON THE LIVES
OF RURAL AFRICAN WOMEN: GRAIN MILLS IN THE GAMBIA 6 THE IMPACT OF
CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG URBAN TRADERS IN NIGERIA: IBADAN TRADERS AND
MODERNISATION Part III South Asia INTRODUCTION 7 GENDER RELATIONS IN RURAL
BANGLADESH: ASPECTS OF DIFFERENTIAL NORMS ABOUT FERTILITY, MORTALITY AND
HEALTH PRACTICES 8 SEASONALITY, WAGE LABOUR AND WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN WESTERN INDIA 9 INVISIBLE FEMALE AGRICULTURAL LABOUR IN
INDIA 10 ASSESSING RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN INDIA FROM A GENDER
PERSPECTIVE 11 ACCESS OF FEMALE PLANTATION WORKERS IN SRI LANKA TO
BASIC-NEEDS PROVISION 12 WOMEN AS AGENTS AND BENEFICIARIES OF RURAL HOUSING
PROGRAMMES IN SRI LANKA 13 WOMEN'S ROLES IN RURAL SRI LANKA Part IV
South-East Asia and Oceania INTRODUCTION 14 GENDER AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE
OF HOUSEHOLDS IN RAFT-HOUSES, TEMERLOH, PAHANG, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA 15
DEVELOPMENT AND FACTORY WOMEN: NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS FROM A MALAYSIAN SOURCE
AREA 16 WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN SAMOA Part V Latin America
INTRODUCTION 17 THE ROLE OF WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS AND GROUPS IN COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF BOLIVIA 18 DECONSTRUCTING THE HOUSEHOLD:
WOMEN'S ROLES UNDER COMMODITY RELATIONS IN HIGHLAND BOLIVIA 19 WOMEN'S
ROLES IN COLONISATION: A COLOMBIAN CASE STUDY 20 HOUSEWIFISATION AND
COLONISATION IN THE COLOMBIAN RAINFOREST 21 THE ROLE OF GENDER IN PEASANT
MIGRATION: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES FROM THE PERUVIAN ANDES