Different Places, Different Voices challenges Western feminist and post-colonial approaches in its analysis of the changing lives of women of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Oceania. Recognising the significance of place, this is a book informed by the voices of female geographers from the developing world. Twenty case studies present regional perspectives on urban and rural development, household reproduction and production and community organisation. The theoretical and contextual approach and the emphasis on location and positionality highlight the differences created by place to suggest other ways of seeing.
Author(s): Janet Momsen
Edition: 1
Year: 1993
Language: English
Pages: 344
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 9
List of tables......Page 11
List of contributors......Page 14
Preface......Page 17
GEOGRAPHY, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT......Page 22
INTRODUCTION Gender and geography in Africa......Page 30
HOUSEHOLD ENERGY SUPPLY AND WOMEN'S WORK IN GHANA......Page 34
WOMEN'S ROLE AND PARTICIPATION IN FARM AND COMMUNITY TREE-GROWING ACTIVITIES IN KIAMBU DISTRICT, KENYA......Page 49
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND WOMEN'S TIME BUDGETS IN UGANDA......Page 65
THE IMPACT OF LABOUR-SAVING DEVICES ON THE LIVES OF RURAL AFRICAN WOMEN: GRAIN MILLS IN THE GAMBIA......Page 71
THE IMPACT OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG URBAN TRADERS IN NIGERIA: IBADAN TRADERS AND MODERNISATION......Page 82
INTRODUCTION Women and gender in geography: an overview from South Asia......Page 96
GENDER RELATIONS IN RURAL BANGLADESH: ASPECTS OF DIFFERENTIAL NORMS ABOUT FERTILITY, MORTALITY AND HEALTH PRACTICES......Page 99
SEASONALITY, WAGE LABOUR AND WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN WESTERN INDIA......Page 112
INVISIBLE FEMALE AGRICULTURAL LABOUR IN INDIA......Page 128
ASSESSING RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN INDIA FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE......Page 139
ACCESS OF FEMALE PLANTATION WORKERS IN SRI LANKA TO BASIC-NEEDS PROVISION......Page 150
WOMEN AS AGENTS AND BENEFICIARIES OF RURAL HOUSING PROGRAMMES IN SRI LANKA......Page 165
WOMEN'S ROLES IN RURAL SRI LANKA......Page 178
INTRODUCTION Gender and geography in South-East Asia and Oceania: a regional overview......Page 198
GENDER AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF HOUSEHOLDS IN RAFT-HOUSES, TEMERLOH, PAHANG, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA......Page 202
DEVELOPMENT AND FACTORY WOMEN: NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS FROM A MALAYSIAN SOURCE AREA......Page 216
WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN SAMOA......Page 230
INTRODUCTION Gender and geography in Latin America: a historical perspective......Page 246
THE ROLE OF WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS AND GROUPS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF BOLIVIA......Page 249
DECONSTRUCTING THE HOUSEHOLD: WOMEN'S ROLES UNDER COMMODITY RELATIONS IN HIGHLAND BOLIVIA......Page 262
WOMEN'S ROLES IN COLONISATION: A COLOMBIAN CASE STUDY......Page 275
HOUSEWIFISATION AND COLONISATION IN THE COLOMBIAN RAINFOREST......Page 289
THE ROLE OF GENDER IN PEASANT MIGRATION: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES FROM THE PERUVIAN ANDES......Page 297
Appendix: List of Workshop Participants......Page 307
Notes......Page 310
References......Page 316
Index......Page 336
