1st Edition
Gendered Fields Rural Women, Agriculture, And Environment
By Carolyn E Sachs
Copyright 1996
220 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Applying a feminist and environmentalist approach to her investigation of how the changing global economy affects rural women, Carolyn Sachs focuses on land ownership and use, cropping systems, and women's work with animals in highly industrialized as well as developing countries.Viewing rural women's daily lives in a variety of circumstances, Sachs analyzes the rich multiplicity of their... Read more
1. Situating Rural Women in Theory and Practice 2. Feminist Theory and Rural Women 3. Rural Women and Nature 4. Rural Women's Connections to the Land 5. Women's Work with Plants 6. Women's Work with Animals 7. Women on Family Farms: Reappraisal 8. Global Restructuring, Local Outcomes, and the Reshaping of Rural Women's Work 9. Conclusion
Biography
Carolyn E. Sachs is associate professor of rural sociology and women's studies at Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of Invisible Farmers: Women in Agricultural Production (Westview).
