Shady practices : agroforestry and gender politics in the Gambia /

"Shady Practices is a revealing analysis of the gendered political ecology brought about by conflicting local interests and changing developmental initiatives in a West African village. Between 1975 and 1985, while much of Africa suffered devastating drought conditions, Gambian women farmers su...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schroeder, Richard A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [1999]
Colección:California studies in critical human geography ; 5.
Temas:
Mandingo (African people) > Agriculture.
Mandingo (African people) > Social conditions.
Women, Mandingo > Economic conditions.
Division of labor > Gambia > Alkalikunda.
Patriarchy > Gambia > Alkalikunda.
Agroforestry > Gambia > Alkalikunda.
Sex role > Political aspects > Gambia > Alkalikunda.
Forest ecology > Gambia > Alkalikunda.
Mandingue (Peuple d'Afrique) > Agriculture.
Mandingue (Peuple d'Afrique) > Conditions sociales.
Division du travail > Gambie > Alkalikunda.
Patriarcat (Sociologie) > Gambie > Alkalikunda.
Agroforesterie > Gambie > Alkalikunda.
Rôle selon le sexe > Aspect politique > Gambie > Alkalikunda.
Écologie forestière > Gambie > Alkalikunda.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
Patriarchy > Gambia.
Agroforestry > Gambia.
Women farmers > Gambia.
Sex role > Political aspects > Gambia.
Agroforestry
Division of labor
Forest ecology
Manners and customs
Patriarchy
Sex role > Political aspects
Alkalikunda (Gambia) > Social life and customs.
Gambia > Politics and government > 1965-
Gambia > Alkalikunda
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The rise of a female cash crop: a market garden boom for Mandinka women
  • Gone to their second husbands: domestic politics and the garden boom
  • Better homes and gardens: the social relations of vegetable production
  • Branching into old territory: the gender politics of Mandinka garden/orchards
  • Contesting agroforestry interventions
  • Shady practices.

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