Gender and environment
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Gender and environment
(Routledge introductions to environment)
Routledge, 2000
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [126]-133) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780415168199
Description
Accessible and lively, this is the first introductory level text to introduce the key issues in the rapidly growing area of gender and environment. This text provides an analysis of how gender relations affect the natural environment and of how environmental issues have a differential impact on women and men.
Using case studies from the developed and developing worlds, this text covers
* gendered roles in the family
* community and international connections
* conception
* giving birth
* western practices
* the body and the self.
Table of Contents
- Linking gender and the environment
- the making of science - it's a man's world
- explaining gender environment relations
- the body and the self
- gendered roles in the family
- gendered roles in the community
- the international dimension
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: pbk ISBN 9780415168205
Description
Accessible and lively, this is the first introductory level text to introduce the key issues in the rapidly growing area of gender and environment. This text provides an analysis of how gender relations affect the natural environment and of how environmental issues have a differential impact on women and men.
Using case studies from the developed and developing worlds, this text covers
* gendered roles in the family
* community and international connections
* conception
* giving birth
* western practices
* the body and the self.
Table of Contents
List of Figures List of Tables List of Boxes Author's Preface Acknowledgements 1. Linking Gender and the Environment 2. The Making of Science: it's a man's world 3. Explaning Gender Environment Relations 4. The Body and the Self 5. Gendered Roles in the Family 6. Gendered Roles in the Community 7. The International Dimension 8. Conclusions Appendix Further Information References
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