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Visibility and power : essays on women in society and development

Title
  1. Visibility and power : essays on women in society and development / edited by Leela Dube, Eleanor Leacock, Shirley Ardener.
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  1. Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.

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Additional authors
  1. Dube, Leela
  2. Leacock, Eleanor Burke, 1922-1987
  3. Ardener, Shirley
Description
  1. L, 361 p. : map; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. Conference papers, women, womens empowerment, social status, social role, economic role, economic and social development, developing countries - social and cultural anthropology, models, fertility, sex, production relations, rural women, woman workers, womens organizations, political participation, social conflict, sexual division of labour, employment opportunities, case studies, Brazil, India, Iran, Islamic Republic, Malaysia, Togo, Yugoslavia. Diagrams, graphs. Maps, references, statistical tables.
Subject
  1. Women in development > Developing countries > Congresses
  2. Women > Developing countries > Social conditions > Congresses
  3. Power (Social sciences) > Congresses
  4. Feminist anthropology > Congresses
  5. Feminist anthropology
  6. Power (Social sciences)
  7. Women in development
  8. Women > Social conditions
  9. Frau
  10. Gesellschaft
  11. Kongress
  12. Aufsatzsammlung
  13. Vrouwen
  14. Sociale situatie
  15. women
  16. womens empowerment
  17. social status
  18. social role
  19. economic role
  20. economic and social development
  21. social and cultural anthropology
  22. model
  23. fertility
  24. sex
  25. production relations
  26. rural women
  27. women workers
  28. womens organization
  29. political participation
  30. social conflict
  31. sexual division of labour
  32. employment opportunity
  33. case study
  34. statistical table
  35. Femmes > Pays en voie de développement > Congrès
  36. Pouvoir (sciences sociales) > Congrès
  37. Frau
  38. Kongress
  39. Gesellschaft
  40. Aufsatzsammlung
  41. femmes
  42. autonomisation des femmes
  43. statut social
  44. rôle social
  45. rôle économique
  46. développement économique et social
  47. anthropologie sociale et culturelle
  48. modèle
  49. fécondité
  50. sexe
  51. rapports de production
  52. femmes rurales
  53. travailleuses
  54. organisation féminine
  55. participation politique
  56. conflit social
  57. division du travail basée sur le sexe
  58. possibilités d'emploi
  59. étude de cas
  60. tableau statistique
  61. mujeres
  62. potenciación de las mujeres
  63. condición social
  64. papel social
  65. papel económico
  66. desarrollo económico y social
  67. antropología social y cultural
  68. modelo
  69. fecundidad
  70. sexo
  71. relaciones de producción
  72. mujeres rurales
  73. trabajadoras
  74. organización femenina
  75. participación política
  76. conflicto social
  77. división del trabajo por sexo
  78. oportunidades de empleo
  79. estudio de casos
  80. cuadros estadísticos
  81. Developing countries
  82. Entwicklungsländer
  83. Brazil
  84. developing countries
  85. India
  86. Iran, Islamic Republic
  87. Malaysia
  88. Togo
  89. Yugoslavia
  90. Entwicklungsländer
  91. Brésil
  92. pays en développement
  93. Inde
  94. Iran, République islamique
  95. Malaisie
  96. Yougoslavie
  97. Brasil
  98. países en desarrollo
  99. Irán, República Islámica
  100. Malasia
Genre/Form
  1. Conference papers and proceedings
  2. conference paper.
  3. graph.
  4. map.
  5. reference.
  6. Congresses.
  7. document de conférence.
  8. carte géographique.
  9. graphique.
  10. référence bibliographique.
  11. documento de conferencia.
  12. gráfico.
  13. mapa.
  14. referencia.
Contents
  1. Visibility and invisibility of women -- The representation of women in academic models / Shirley Ardener -- The pregnant male / Claude Meillassoux -- Seed and earth : the symbolism of biological reproduction and sexual relations of production / Leela Dube -- Speech and silence : women in Iran / Anny Tual -- The childbirth industry : a woman's view / Margaret Stephens -- Women whisper, men kill : a case study of the Mamasani pastoral nomads of Iran / Soheila Shahshahani -- The problem of dominance / Edwin Ardener -- Women, power and authority -- Women, power and authority / Eleanor Leacock -- Women, power and authority in traditional Yoruba society / Simi Afonja -- Sex roles and dialects of survival and equality : a case study of women workers on a tea plantation in Assam / Shobhita Jain -- Sasak attitudes towards polygyny and the changing position of women in Sasak peasant villages / Ruth Krulfeld -- Women in Brazilian 'abertura' politics / Marianne Schmink -- Women in resistance and research : potential against power / Gerrit Huizer -- Women and development -- Kerala women as labourers and supervisors : implications for women and development / Joan Mencher and Deborah D'Amico -- Women in development : the case of an all-woman youth land development scheme in Malaysia / Mazidah Zakariah and Nik Safiah Karim -- From articulation to accommodation : women's movement in India / Neera Desai -- Women, production and reproduction in industrial capitalism : a comparison of Brazilian and U.S. factory workers / Helen I. Safa -- A study of Balmiki women in Delhi / Malavika Karlekar -- Changing economic roles of farm women in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia / Ruža First-Dilić.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographies and index.