02141nam 2200349 n 450 991047715110332120230222135232.0(CKB)5470000000568431(NjHacI)995470000000568431(EXLCZ)99547000000056843120230222d2017 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTransformations of Gender in Melanesia /edited by Martha Macintyre and Ceridwen SparkActon, A.C.T. :ANU Press,2017.1 online resource (xii, 189 pages)"Despite the plethora of research on gender and the many projects designed to improve their status in the Pacific region, women continue to be disadvantaged and marginalised in social, economic and political spheres. How are we to understand this and what does it mean for researchers, policy-makers and development practitioners? This book examines these questions, partly by looking back but also by continuing the effort to explain and understand gender inequities in the Pacific through reference to the concept of societies in transition. The contributors discuss emerging masculinities and femininities in the Pacific in order to chart the development of these in their contexts. Exploring how contemporary Pacific identities are shaped by local contexts and traditions, they focus on how these are remade through interaction with global ideas, images and practices, including new forms of Christianity and economic transformations. Grounded in recent, original research in both the villages and towns of Melanesia, the collection engages with the study of gender in Melanesia as well as scholarship on global modernities."Culture and globalizationMelanesiaCulture and globalization.303.482Macintyre MarthaSpark CeridwenNjHacINjHaclBOOK9910477151103321Transformations of gender in Melanesia1930366UNINA