Rethinking Pastoralism In Africa: Gender, Culture, and the Myth of the Patriarchal Pastoralist

by Dorothy L. Hodgson

Book Overview

The dominant trend in pastoralist studies has long assumed that pastoralism and pastoral gender relations are inherently patriarchal. The contributors to this collection, in contrast, use diverse analytic approaches to demonstrate that pastoralist gender relations are dynamic, relational, historical, and produced through complex local-translocal interactions. Combining theoretically sophisticated analysis with detailed case studies, this collection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821413708
• ISBN13: 9780821413708
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"