Gendered Fields
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,...
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Applying a feminist and environmentalist approach to her investigation of how the changing global economy affects rural women, Carolyn Sachs analyzes the multiplicity of their experiences in terms of gender, class, and race. She shows how environmental degradation results from economic and development practices that disadvantage rural women, and explores the strategies women use for resistance and survival in the face of these trends.
List of Tables and PhotographsAcknowledgments1Situating Rural Women in Theory and Practice12Feminist Theory and Rural Women113Rural Women and Nature294Rural Women's Connections to the Land455Women's Work with Plants676Women's Work with Animals1037Women on Family Farms: A Reappraisal1238Global Restructuring, Local Outcomes, and the Reshaping of Rural Women's Work1419Conclusion177References181About the Book and Author195Index197
