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Title Different places, different voices : gender and development in Africa, Asia, and Latin America / edited by Janet Henshall Momsen and Vivian Kinnaird.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 322 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series International studies of women and place
International studies of women and place.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-316) and index.
Summary 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.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; GEOGRAPHY, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT; INTRODUCTION Gender and geography in Africa; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY SUPPLY AND WOMEN'S WORK IN GHANA; WOMEN'S ROLE AND PARTICIPATION IN FARM AND COMMUNITY TREE-GROWING ACTIVITIES IN KIAMBU DISTRICT, KENYA; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND WOMEN'S TIME BUDGETS IN UGANDA; THE IMPACT OF LABOUR-SAVING DEVICES ON THE LIVES OF RURAL AFRICAN WOMEN: GRAIN MILLS IN THE GAMBIA; THE IMPACT OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG URBAN TRADERS IN NIGERIA: IBADAN TRADERS AND MODERNISATION.
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Subject Women in development -- Developing countries -- Congresses.
Women in development.
Developing countries.
Human geography -- Developing countries -- Congresses.
Human geography.
Sexual division of labor -- Developing countries -- Congresses.
Sexual division of labor.
Feminist theory -- Congresses.
Feminist theory.
Países subdesarrollados -- Geografía humana -- Congresos.
Países subdesarrollados -- División del trabajo por sexos -- Congresos.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Subject Feminist theory.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Momsen, Janet Henshall.
Kinnaird, Vivian, 1962-
Other Form: Print version: Different places, different voices. London ; New York : Routledge, 1993 (DLC) 92018427
ISBN 9780203033029
0203033027
9781134904020 (electronic book)
1134904029 (electronic book)
0203033027
0415075386
0415075637 (paperback)
9780415075381
9780415075633