03228oam 2200721I 450 991078405210332120230421043749.01-134-84633-91-134-84634-71-280-17548-60-203-97574-X10.4324/9780203975749 (CKB)1000000000256236(EBL)238755(OCoLC)475949352(SSID)ssj0000273644(PQKBManifestationID)11203592(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273644(PQKBWorkID)10313995(PQKB)10010472(MiAaPQ)EBC238755(Au-PeEL)EBL238755(CaPaEBR)ebr10095725(CaONFJC)MIL17548(OCoLC)243606626(EXLCZ)99100000000025623620180331d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWomen's voices from the rainforest /Janet Gabriel Townsend ; in collaboration with Ursula Arrevillaga. [et al.]London ;New York :Routledge,1995.1 online resource (220 p.)International studies of women and placeDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-10532-3 0-415-10531-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION: WHO IS AN EXPERT?; 2 WOMEN PIONEERS IN THE TROPICS; 3 IN THE COLOMBIAN RAINFORESTS; 4 WOMEN PIONEERS IN MEXICO OUR ANALYSIS; 5 MEXICAN WOMEN PIONEERS TELL THEIR STORIES; 6 OUTSIDERS' CONCLUSIONS; 7 RE-PRESENTING VOICES; 8 CARMELA'S LIFE STORY; 9 ELENA'S LIFE STORY; 10 CLARA'S LIFE STORY; 11 GUADALUPE'S LIFE STORY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXWomen's Voices from the Rainforest explores the position of the women whose families are tearing down the rainforest. These women of Central and Latin America have been largely invisible until now, but they are at last turning their voices into action.International development policy and its top-down culture must take much of the blame for environmental and social destruction of the rainforest. Presenting the contrasting results of different methodologies, a comprehensive literature review, and the voices of the rainforest women themselves, told in life histories, the authors arguInternational studies of women and place.Women in developmentSouth AmericaWomen in developmentTropicsWomen and the environmentSouth AmericaWomen and the environmentTropicsRain forestsSouth AmericaWomen in developmentWomen in developmentWomen and the environmentWomen and the environmentRain forests305.42/098793.8Townsend Janet G.1944,1467302MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784052103321Women's voices from the rainforest3677892UNINA