Gendered Fields - Rural Women, Agriculture and Environment

Applying a feminist and environmentalist approach to her investigation of how the changing global economy affects rural women, Carolyn Sachs focuses on land ownership and use, cropping systems, and women's work with animals in highly industrialized as well as developing countries

List of contents

1. Situating Rural Women in Theory and Practice 2. Feminist Theory and Rural Women 3. Rural Women and Nature 4. Rural Women's Connections to the Land 5. Women's Work with Plants 6. Women's Work with Animals 7. Women on Family Farms: Reappraisal 8. Global Restructuring, Local Outcomes, and the Reshaping of Rural Women's Work 9. Conclusion

About the author

Carolyn E. Sachs is associate professor of rural sociology and women's studies at Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of Invisible Farmers: Women in Agricultural Production (Westview).

Summary

Applying a feminist and environmentalist approach to her investigation of how the changing global economy affects rural women, Carolyn Sachs focuses on land ownership and use, cropping systems, and women's work with animals in highly industrialized as well as developing countries.Viewing rural women's daily lives in a variety of circumstances, Sachs analyzes the rich multiplicity of their experiences in terms of their gender, class, and race. Drawing on historical and contemporary research, rural women's writings, and in-depth interviews, she shows how environmental degradation results from economic and development practices that disadvantage rural women. In addition, she explores the strategies women use for resistance and survival in the face of these trends.Offering a range of examples from different countries, Gendered Fields will appeal to readers interested in commonalities and differences in women's knowledge of and interactions with the natural environment.

Product details

• Authors: Carolyn Sachs, Carolyn E Sachs, Carolyn E. Sachs
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.02.1996
• EAN: 9780813325200
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-2520-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Rural Studies Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Cultural Studies, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, Feminism & feminist theory, Agriculture and farming, AGRICULTURE & FARMING, Feminism and feminist theory, Rural communities / rural life