Different Places, Different Voices challenges Western feminist and post-colonial approaches in its analysis of the changing lives of women of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Oceania. Recognising the significance of place, this is a book informed by the voices of female geographers from the developing world. Twenty case studies present regional perspectives on urban and rural development, household reproduction and production and community organisation. The theoretical and contextual approach and the emphasis on location and positionality highlight the differences created by place to suggest other ways of seeing.
Preface Part I Introduction 1 GEOGRAPHY, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT Part II Africa INTRODUCTION 2 HOUSEHOLD ENERGY SUPPLY AND WOMEN'S WORK IN GHANA 3 WOMEN'S ROLE AND PARTICIPATION IN FARM AND COMMUNITY TREE-GROWING ACTIVITIES IN KIAMBU DISTRICT, KENYA 4 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND WOMEN'S TIME BUDGETS IN UGANDA 5 THE IMPACT OF LABOUR-SAVING DEVICES ON THE LIVES OF RURAL AFRICAN WOMEN: GRAIN MILLS IN THE GAMBIA 6 THE IMPACT OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG URBAN TRADERS IN NIGERIA: IBADAN TRADERS AND MODERNISATION Part III South Asia INTRODUCTION 7 GENDER RELATIONS IN RURAL BANGLADESH: ASPECTS OF DIFFERENTIAL NORMS ABOUT FERTILITY, MORTALITY AND HEALTH PRACTICES 8 SEASONALITY, WAGE LABOUR AND WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN WESTERN INDIA 9 INVISIBLE FEMALE AGRICULTURAL LABOUR IN INDIA 10 ASSESSING RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN INDIA FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE 11 ACCESS OF FEMALE PLANTATION WORKERS IN SRI LANKA TO BASIC-NEEDS PROVISION 12 WOMEN AS AGENTS AND BENEFICIARIES OF RURAL HOUSING PROGRAMMES IN SRI LANKA 13 WOMEN'S ROLES IN RURAL SRI LANKA Part IV South-East Asia and Oceania INTRODUCTION 14 GENDER AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF HOUSEHOLDS IN RAFT-HOUSES, TEMERLOH, PAHANG, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA 15 DEVELOPMENT AND FACTORY WOMEN: NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS FROM A MALAYSIAN SOURCE AREA 16 WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN SAMOA Part V Latin America INTRODUCTION 17 THE ROLE OF WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS AND GROUPS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF BOLIVIA 18 DECONSTRUCTING THE HOUSEHOLD: WOMEN'S ROLES UNDER COMMODITY RELATIONS IN HIGHLAND BOLIVIA 19 WOMEN'S ROLES IN COLONISATION: A COLOMBIAN CASE STUDY 20 HOUSEWIFISATION AND COLONISATION IN THE COLOMBIAN RAINFOREST 21 THE ROLE OF GENDER IN PEASANT MIGRATION: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES FROM THE PERUVIAN ANDES
