Transformations of gender in Melanesia /

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"Despite the plethora of research on gender and the many projects designed to improve their status in the Pacific region, women continue to be disadvantaged and marginalised in social, economic and political spheres. How are we to understand this and what does it mean for researchers, policy-ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Macintyre, Martha, 1945- (Editor), Spark, Ceridwen (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, [2017]
Series:Pacific series.
Subjects:
Women > Melanesia > Social conditions.
Women > Melanesia > Economic conditions.
Women's rights > Melanesia.
Social change > Melanesia.
Culture and globalization > Melanesia.
Australasia, Oceania and other land areas.
Gender studies, gender groups.
Melanesia.
Oceania.
Social discrimination and inequality Mod Social discrimination and inequality.
Social groups.
Social issues and processes.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Culture and globalization.
Social change.
Women > Economic conditions.
Women > Social conditions.
Women's rights.
Australian
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : flux and change in Melanesian gender relations / Martha Macintyre
  • Securitisation, development and the invisibility of gender / Stephanie Lusby
  • Gender struggles of educated men in the Papuan highlands / Jenny Munro
  • Kindy and grassroots gender transformations in Solomon Islands / John Cox
  • Casting her vote : Women's political participation in Solomon Islands / Pauline Soaki
  • 'I won't go hungry if he's not around' : 'working class' urban Melanesian women's agency in intimate relationships / Ceridwen Spark
  • Pacific policy pathways : young women online and offline / Tait Brimacombe
  • Lewa was Mama (beloved guardian mother) / Michelle Nayahamui Rooney.

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