Transformations of gender in Melanesia / edited by Martha Macintyre, Ceridwen Spark.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Macintyre, Martha, 1945- editor.

Spark, Ceridwen, editor.

Series:

Pacific series.

Pacific series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Melanesia--Social conditions.

Women.

Women--Melanesia--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 pages) : digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Acton, Australia : ANU Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"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-makers and development practitioners? This book examines these questions, partly by looking back but also by continuing the effort to explain and understand gender inequities in the Pacific through reference to the concept of societies in transition. The contributors discuss emerging masculinities and femininities in the Pacific in order to chart the development of these in their contexts. Exploring how contemporary Pacific identities are shaped by local contexts and traditions, they focus on how these are remade through interaction with global ideas, images and practices, including new forms of Christianity and economic transformations. Grounded in recent, original research in both the villages and towns of Melanesia, the collection engages with the study of gender in Melanesia as well as scholarship on global modernities." -- Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print record, CIP data from the publisher, and e-publication e-publication, viewed on April 29, 2021.

CC BY-NC-ND

Other Format:

Print version (paperback):

ISBN:

9781760460891

1760460893

OCLC:

1159390377

Publisher Number:

10.22459/WIWCRC.01.2017 [2]

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access