Women wielding the hoe
Subtitle: lessons from rural Africa for feminist theory and development practice
By: edited by Deborah Fahy Bryceson.
Contributors: Bryceson, Deborah Fahy.
Series: Cross-cultural perspectives on women,; vol. 16; Cross-cultural perspectives on women ;; v. 16.
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: Rural women -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Rural women -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions.; Women in agriculture -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Women in rural development -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Description: How effective is western aid-agency intervention in Africa? What can African women do to manage the AIDS crisis? Can western feminist theory be applied to the rural African context?

These vital issues, and many others, are considered in this topical book by eminent scholars and development consultants. The book aims to increase awareness of the importance of women agricultural producers to African material development and to expose the western biases that have traditionally pervaded the study of rural African women.

The authors' critical analysis of conventional research methodology and key 'women and development' debates over the last three decades will stimulate new research perspectives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.