Women's voices from the rainforest / Janet Gabriel Townsend ; in collaboration with Ursula Arrevillaga ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Townsend, Janet G., 1944-

Series:

International studies of women and place.

International studies of women and place

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in development--South America.

Women in development.

Women in development--Tropics.

Women and the environment--South America.

Women and the environment.

Women and the environment--Tropics.

Rain forests--South America.

Rain forests.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Women's Voices from the Rainforest explores the position of the women whose families are tearing down the rainforest. These women of Central and Latin America have been largely invisible until now, but they are at last turning their voices into action.International development policy and its top-down culture must take much of the blame for environmental and social destruction of the rainforest. Presenting the contrasting results of different methodologies, a comprehensive literature review, and the voices of the rainforest women themselves, told in life histories, the authors argu

Contents:

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION: WHO IS AN EXPERT?; 2 WOMEN PIONEERS IN THE TROPICS; 3 IN THE COLOMBIAN RAINFORESTS; 4 WOMEN PIONEERS IN MEXICO OUR ANALYSIS; 5 MEXICAN WOMEN PIONEERS TELL THEIR STORIES; 6 OUTSIDERS' CONCLUSIONS; 7 RE-PRESENTING VOICES; 8 CARMELA'S LIFE STORY; 9 ELENA'S LIFE STORY; 10 CLARA'S LIFE STORY; 11 GUADALUPE'S LIFE STORY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-84633-9

1-134-84634-7

1-280-17548-6

0-203-97574-X

9780203975749

OCLC:

475949352