Shady Practices - Agroforestry and Gender Politics in the Gambia

"In this engaging and exceptionally well-crafted case study, Schroeder shows clearly how local dynamics intersect with wider processes. . . . Changes in cropping patterns, land rights, work routines, and gender politics were shaped by multiple struggles and interactions among women and men, landholders and land users, farmers, government officials, and representatives of various international agencies."—Sara Berry, author of No Condition Is Permanent

Sommario

List of Illustrations and Tables
Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Maps
1. Introduction
2. The Rise of a Female Cash Crop:
A Market Garden Boom for Mandinka Women
3· Gone to Their Second Husbands: Domestic Politics and the Garden Boom 
4· Better Homes and Gardens: The Social Relations of Vegetable Production 
5. Branching into Old Territory: The Gender Politics of Mandinka Garden/Orchards 
6. Contesting Agroforestry Interventions 
7· Shady Practices 
Notes 
Works Cited 
Index

Info autore

Richard A. Schroeder is Director of African Studies and Assistant Professor of Geography at Rutgers University.

Riassunto

An analysis of the gendered political ecology brought about by conflicting local interests and changing developmental initiatives in a West African village.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard A. Schroeder, Schroeder Richard A.
• Editore: University Of California Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.1999
• EAN: 9780520222335
• ISBN: 978-0-520-22233-5
• Pagine: 206
• Serie: California Studies in Critical; California Studies in Critical Human Geography
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia politica; Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies, gender groups