Gender and Environment
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Earth Sciences, Geography, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Human Geography
| Author: | Susan Buckingham | ISBN: | 9781134703951 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | August 18, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Susan Buckingham |
| ISBN: | 9781134703951 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | August 18, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
