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Gender and environment

Susan Buckingham-Hatfield

(Routledge introductions to environment)

Routledge, 2000

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  • : pbk

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Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [126]-133) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: 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
Volume

: 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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Details

  • NCID
    BA46351776
  • ISBN
    • 0415168198
    • 0415168201
  • LCCN
    99054628
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvi, 137 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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