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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Sachs, Carolyn E., 1950- Gendered fields. Boulder : WestviewPress, 1996 (OCoLC)651888338 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Carolyn E Sachs |
| ISBN: | 0813325196 9780813325194 081332520X 9780813325200 |
| OCLC Number: | 33360788 |
| Description: | xiv, 205 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Situating rural women in theory and practice -- Feminist theory and rural women -- Rural women and nature -- Rural women's connections to the land -- Women's work with plants -- Women's work with animals -- Women on family farms : a reappraisal -- Global restructuring, local outcomes, and the reshaping of rural women's work. |
| Series Title: | Rural studies series of the Rural Sociological Society. |
| Responsibility: | Carolyn E. Sachs. |
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Abstract:
"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 experiences in terms of their gender, class, and race. Drawing on historical and contemporary research, rural women's writings, and in-depth interviews, she shows how environmental degradation results from economic and development practices that disadvantage rural women. In addition, she explores the strategies women use for resistance and survival in the face of these trends." "Offering a range of examples from different countries, Gendered Fields will appeal to readers interested in commonalities and differences in women's knowledge of and interactions with the natural environment."--BOOK JACKET.
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