Gender, Ethnicity and Place - Women and Identity in Guyana

This work explores the nature of the relationship between gender, ethnicity and poverty in the context of the external and internal dynamics of household in Guyana.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Methodology and Reflexivity 3. The Emergence of Guyanese Women's Identities 4. The Contemporary Situation of Guyanese Women 5. Gender, Ethnicity and the Family in Albouystown 6. Globalisation and Indo-Guyanese Women in Meten Meer Zorg East 7. Gender and Sexuality among Afro-Guyanese in Linden 8. Women across place 9. Red Thread's Feminism: A Politics of the Possible?10. Conclusion

About the author

Linda Peake, D. Alissa Trotz

Summary

This work explores the nature of the relationship between gender, ethnicity and poverty in the context of the external and internal dynamics of household in Guyana.

Product details

• Authors: Linda Peake, D. Alissa Trotz
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.10.1999
• EAN: 9780415150040
• ISBN: 978-0-415-15004-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 600 g
• Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Regional Studies, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology: family and relationships, Development Studies, Poverty and precarity