The Lao : gender, power, and livelihood /
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| Author / Creator: | IRESON-DOOLITTLE, CAROL. |
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| Imprint: | Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, [2003], c2004. |
| Description: | xiv, 194 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Westview case studies in anthropology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4954767 |
Table of Contents:
- Tables and Figures
- Series Editor Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Women, Livelihood, and Social Change
- The Persistent Questions
- How We Know What We Know: Fieldwork in Laos
- The Rest of the Book
- 1. Laos: Historical Contexts
- Laos: Recent History and National Context
- Patterned Gender Inequalities and Lao Women
- Gender, Socialism, and Social Change
- Equality and National Policies, 1975-1995
- Conclusion
- 2. Laos: Village Contexts
- The Rural Household and Household Economy
- Village Unity
- Village Life During the War Years
- Village Development
- Conclusion
- 3. Family, Home, Children, and Change
- Family and Kin Relations
- Giving Birth and Raising Children
- Socialism and Early Economic Liberalization: Effects on Family Life
- Conclusion
- 4. Making a Living from the Land: Economics, Gender, and Power
- The Agricultural Cycle: Celebration and Cultivation
- Changing Agricultural Activities: Socialist Reorganization (1975-1988)
- Changing Agricultural Activities: Early Economic Liberalization (1988-1995)
- Conclusion
- 5. Making a Living in Commerce: Textiles
- Textile Production
- Textile Businesses
- Conclusion
- 6. Gender, Ethnicity, and Development in Luang Prabang
- Three Stories: The Women and Their Villages
- The Luang Prabang Women's Development Project
- Conclusion
- 7. Women and Social Change Among the Lao
- Historical Factors
- Social Change
- Global-Local Linkages
- Sense of Agency
- Glossary
- References
- Index
