The Lao
Subtitle: Gender, Power, and Livelihood (Westview Case Studies in Anthropology)
Publisher: Westview Pr (Short Disc)
Published: August 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780813340623
Subjects: Gender Studies; Indigenous peoples; Social & cultural anthropology; Sociology - Rural; Sex Roles (Sociological Aspects); Rural Anthropology; Social Science; Sociology; Laos; Thailand; Sexual division of labor; Anthropology - Cultural; Economic conditions; Women, Lao; Employment; Social conditions
First sentence: Even in Southeast Asia, where women have commonly enjoyed respect and a variety of rights, explosive transformations are subverting their prerogatives and altering gender relations.