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The Lao : gender, power, and livelihood / Carol Ireson-Doolittle, Geraldine Moreno-Black.
Van Pelt Library DS555.45.L37 I74 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ireson-Doolittle, Carol.
- Series:
- Westview case studies in anthropology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women, Lao--Social conditions.
- Women, Lao.
- Women, Lao--Economic conditions.
- Women, Lao--Employment.
- Sexual division of labor--Laos.
- Sexual division of labor.
- Women in development--Laos.
- Women in development.
- Sex role--Government policy--Laos.
- Sex role.
- Economic conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Sex role--Government policy.
- Laos--Social conditions.
- Laos.
- Laos--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 194 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Westview, 2004.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Women, Livelihood, and Social Change 1
- The Persistent Questions 2
- How We Know What We Know: Fieldwork in Laos 6
- The Rest of the Book 7
- 1 Laos: Historical Contexts 9
- Laos: Recent History and National Context 10
- Patterned Gender Inequalities and Lao Women 14
- Gender, Socialism, and Social Change 17
- Equality and National Policies, 1975-1995 24
- 2 Laos: Village Contexts 31
- The Rural Household and Household Economy 34
- Village Unity 39
- Village Life During the War Years 47
- Village Development 49
- 3 Family, Home, Children, and Change 55
- Family and Kin Relations 56
- Giving Birth and Raising Children 64
- Socialism and Early Economic Liberalization: Effects on Family Life 72
- 4 Making a Living from the Land: Economics, Gender, and Power 87
- The Agricultural Cycle: Celebration and Cultivation 89
- Changing Agricultural Activities: Socialist Reorganization (1975-1988) 100
- Changing Agricultural Activities: Early Economic Liberalization (1988-1995) 105
- 5 Making a Living in Commerce: Textiles 117
- Textile Production 118
- Textile Businesses 133
- 6 Gender, Ethnicity, and Development in Luang Prabang 147
- Three Stories: The Women and Their Villages 148
- The Luang Prabang Women's Development Project 154
- 7 Women and Social Change Among the Lao 169
- Historical Factors 170
- Social Change 170
- Global-Local Linkages 173
- Sense of Agency 174.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-186) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813340624
- 0813340632
- OCLC:
- 52485557
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