The Lao : gender, power, and livelihood /

The Lao discusses culture and village life in Laos, exploring topics of kinship and family, gender relations, households, religion, livelihood strategies, and ethnicity. In particular, the effects of recent development projects on the relative power of men and women in rural Lao society, and the res...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ireson-Doolittle, Carol
Otros Autores: Moreno-Black, Geraldine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Westview Press, 2009.
Temas:
Women, Lao > Social conditions.
Women, Lao > Economic conditions.
Women, Lao > Employment.
Sexual division of labor > Laos.
Women in development > Laos.
Sex role > Government policy > Laos.
Femmes lao > Conditions sociales.
Femmes lao > Conditions économiques.
Femmes lao > Travail.
Femmes dans le développement > Laos.
Rôle selon le sexe > Politique gouvernementale > Laos.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Economic history
Sex role > Government policy
Sexual division of labor
Social conditions
Women in development
Women, Lao > Social conditions
Laos > Social conditions.
Laos > Economic conditions.
Laos
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Tables and Figures; Series Editor Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Women, Livelihood, and Social Change; 1 Laos: Historical Contexts; 2 Laos: Village Contexts; 3 Family, Home, Children, and Change; 4 Making a Living from the Land: Economics, Gender, and Power; 5 Making a Living in Commerce: Textiles; 6 Gender, Ethnicity, and Development in Luang Prabang; 7 Women and Social Change Among the Lao; Glossary; References; Index.

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