Gendered Fields: Rural Women, Agriculture, And Environment / Edition 1

by Carolyn E Sachs

Overview

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

ISBN-13:	9780813325200
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	03/01/1996
Series:	Rural Studies
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1420L (what's this?)

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).

Table 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

Editorial Reviews

Sections on technology, effects on weed control, economics, environmental concerns, regulation, and risk assessment review the latest research in herbicide-resistant crops. Topics include genetic engineering of crops for tolerance to 2,4-D; the potential roles for herbicide-resistant crops in world agriculture; seed company perspectives; and movement of crop transgenes into wild plants. For regulatory officials, biotechnologists, economists, agriculturalists, and environmentalists. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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