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Field, Forest And Family: Women's Work And Power In Rural Laos
by Carol Ireson (Author),
Westview Press (Publisher)
Product Specifications
Book Description
After the Vietnam War, socialist governments ascended to power in all the
countries of the former Indochina. In Laos, more than a decade of socialist
reorganization was followed by economic liberalization in the late 1980s.
Laotian women had traditionally sustained the household and local economy with
their work in field, forest, and family, but political and economic changes
markedly affected the context of rural women's prevailing sources of power and
subordination. Socialist policies, for example, curtailed women's commercial
activities while recognizing women's work in agriculture and child care.In this
richly detailed volume, Carol Ireson draws on ten years of fieldwork and
research to explore this metamorphosis among Laotian
Book Specifications
ISBN-13 9780813337302
Language English
Binding Paper Back
Publisher Westview Press
Publishing Date 1999-11-07
Total Pages 312