The Lao : gender, power, and livelihood / Carol Ireson-Doolittle, Geraldine Moreno-Black.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ireson-Doolittle, Carol, author.

Moreno-Black, Geraldine, author.

Series:

Westview case studies in anthropology.

Westview case studies in anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women, Lao--Social conditions.

Women, Lao--Economic conditions.

Women, Lao--Employment.

Sexual division of labor--Laos.

Women in development--Laos.

Sex role--Government policy--Laos.

Laos--Social conditions.

Laos--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; London : Routledge, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Lao discusses culture and village life in Laos, exploring topics of kinship and family, gender relations, households, religion, livelihood strategies, and ethnicity. In particular, the effects of recent development projects on the relative power of men and women in rural Lao society, and the responses of women to those changes, are highlighted. Ireson-Doolittle and Moreno-Black not only provide a description of life on the ground but also explore how local affairs are connected to the wider world, and how the Lao people preserve traditions while also responding to change.

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Series Editor Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Women, Livelihood, and Social Change; 1 Laos: Historical Contexts; 2 Laos: Village Contexts; 3 Family, Home, Children, and Change; 4 Making a Living from the Land: Economics, Gender, and Power; 5 Making a Living in Commerce: Textiles; 6 Gender, Ethnicity, and Development in Luang Prabang; 7 Women and Social Change Among the Lao; Glossary; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-186) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-367-31864-4

0-429-49636-2

0-429-97599-6

0-429-96491-9

0-7867-5121-5

OCLC:

778615686