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Title Women, work, and gender relations in developing countries : a global perspective / edited by Parvin Ghorayshi and Claire Bélanger
Published Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 246 pages) : illustrations
Series Contributions in sociology, 0084-9278 ; no. 118
Contributions in sociology ; no. 118. 0084-9278
Contents 1. The Study of Gender and Generational Hierarchies in the Context of Development: Methodological Aspects / Marie France Labrecque -- 2. Toward Postcolonial Methodologies / Lynne Phillips -- 3. Out of Egypt: A Talk with Nawal El Saadawi / Tiffany R. Patterson and Angela M. Gilliam -- 4. Women Who Make the Chips / Les Levidow -- 5. Women in the Rural Economy in Nigeria / Christiana E.E. Okojie -- 6. The Political Economy of Women's Work in Kenya: Chronic Constraints and Broken Barriers / Collette Suda -- 7. Women and Garden Produce of Kinshasa: The Difficult Quest for Autonomy / Gertrude Mianda -- 8. Negotiating Ideal Womanhood in Rural Philippine Households: Work and Survival / Tuula Heinonen -- 9. Moral Regulation and Microlevel Politics: Implications for Women's Work and Struggles / Suzan M. Ilcan -- 10. Filipino Women and the Work of Mothering / Delia D. Aguilar
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-228) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Women in development.
Women -- Employment -- Developing countries
Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
Women -- Employment
Women in development
Women -- Social conditions
Soziale Situation
Geschlechterverhältnis
Arbeit
Frau
Werkende vrouwen.
Developing countries
Entwicklungsländer
Form Electronic book
Author Ghorayshi, Parvin.
Bélanger, Claire.
LC no. 96010741
ISBN 9780313031687
0313031681