03656nam 2200697Ia 450 991078996670332120200520144314.01-280-12745-797866135313392-86978-525-92-86978-524-02-86978-526-7(CKB)2670000000160352(EBL)1134918(OCoLC)824114555(SSID)ssj0000830606(PQKBManifestationID)11966378(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000830606(PQKBWorkID)10821538(PQKB)10463464(OCoLC)781967108(MdBmJHUP)muse21858(Au-PeEL)EBL1134918(CaPaEBR)ebr10555062(CaONFJC)MIL353133(PPN)18734261X(MiAaPQ)EBC1134918(EXLCZ)99267000000016035220120228d2011 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrGlobal exchanges and gender perspectives in Africa[electronic resource] /edited by Jean-Bernard Ouédraogo, Roseline M. Achieng'Dakar Codesria ;Kampala Fountain Publishers20111 online resource (214 p.)CODESRIA series"Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa".2-86978-488-0 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1. Introductions Gender in a Global Market Society; 2. The Difference in the System of the Self: A Philosophical Contribution to the Gender Approach; 3. ""Celebrating"" the female Body in Global Trade: Fashion, Media and Music in Kenya; 4. The Impact of Globalization on Women Peasants and Traders in Nigeria's Delta Region (1986-2002); 5. Globalization and the Question of Women Smugglers in East Africa: Observations of a Cross Kenya-Uganda Boundary (1980-2002); 6. Gender and Fair Trade in Cameroon7. Trade and Information Systems: The Case of Wrap Sellers in Brazzaville (Congo)8. The Role of Social Capital in the Establishment and Sustenance of Women's MIcro-businesses: A Case Study of Butere-Mumias District, Kenya; 9. Gender, Trade Liberalization and the Multilateral trading System: Towards an African Perspective; Back coverThe global perspectives adopted in this volume by the authors, from different academic disciplines and social experiences, ought not to be locked in sterile linearity which within process of globalisation would fail to perceive, the irreversible opening up of the worlds of the south. There is the need within the framework of the analyses presented here, to quite cogently define the sense of the notion of the market. The market here does not refer to saving or the localised exchange of goods, a perspective which is imposed by normative perceptions. In fact, a strictly materialistic reading ofSex role and globalizationAfricaGlobalizationSocial aspectsAfricaWomenAfricaEconomic conditionsSex role and globalizationGlobalizationSocial aspectsWomenEconomic conditions.305.4096Ouédraogo Jean-Bernard1958-1505906Achieng' Roseline M1505919Codesria.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789966703321Global exchanges and gender perspectives in Africa3735886UNINA