| Description |
viii, 312 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Scandinavian library |
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Scandinavian library.
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| Contents |
Introduction : women, gender and social change ; Chastity, sexuality and gender perceptions in rural Argentina / Kristi Anne Stølen -- Revival of female circumcision : a case of neo-traditionalism / Astrid Nypan -- Economic change, marriage relations and fertility in a rural area of Kenya / An-Magritt Jensen -- "Wife, today I only had money for pombe", gender and food : women's bargaining power and agricultural change in a Tanzanian community / Gerd Holmboe-Ottesen and Margareta Wandel -- Work, livelihoods and family responsibilities in urban poverty / Mariken Vaa -- What is she up to? : changing identities and values among women workers in Malaysia / Merete Lie and Ragnhild Lund -- Housewifization of peasant women in Costa Rica? / Halldis Valestrand |
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The symbolism of gender politics : a case of Malay female leadership / Ingrid Rudie -- Clans, gender and kilns : examples from a fisheries development project in Sota village, Tanzania / Siri Gerrard -- Legal reform in Mozambique : equality and emancipation for women through popular justice? / Nina Berg and Aase Gundersen -- Negotiating gender : the case of the International Labour Organization, ILO / Ann Therese Lotherington and Anne Britt Flemmen |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Sex role -- Developing countries.
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Women in development -- Developing countries.
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Women -- Employment -- Developing countries.
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Women -- Developing countries -- Economic conditions.
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Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions.
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| Author |
Stølen, Kristi Anne.
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Vaa, Mariken.
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| LC no. |
92178436 |
| ISBN |
8200213870 |
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