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Titolo: | The other half of gender : : men's issues in development / / edited by Ian Bannon and Maria C. Correia |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2006] |
copyright 2006 | |
Descrizione fisica: | xxvi, 311 pages ; ; 23 cm |
Disciplina: | 305.3109172/4 |
Soggetto topico: | Men - Developing countries |
Community development - Developing countries | |
Economic development projects - Developing countries | |
Altri autori: | BannonIan CorreiaMaria |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; Abbreviations; 1 Men's Issues in Development; Tables; 2 Men's Gender Relations, Identity, and Work-Family Balance in Latin America; 3 Men's Participation as Fathers in Latin America and the Caribbean: Critical Literature Review and Policy Options; 4 The Role of Men in Families in the Caribbean: A Historical Perspective; 5 Masculinity and Violence in Colombia: Deconstructing the Conventional Way of Becoming a Man |
6 Growing up Poor and Male in the Americas: Reflections from Research and Practice with Young Men in Low-Income Communities i7 Fearing Africa's Young Men: Male Youth, Conflict, Urbanization, and the Case of Rwanda; 8 Young Men and the Construction of Masculinity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for HIV/AIDS, Conflict, and Violence; 9 Young Men and Gender in War and Postwar Reconstruction: Some Comparative Findings from Liberia and Sierra Leone; 10 Collapsing Livelihoods and the Crisis of Masculinity in Rural Kenya; Box; 11 Gender and Its Discontents: Moving to Men-Streaming Development | |
BibliographyIndex | |
Sommario/riassunto: | This book is an attempt to bring the gender and development debate full circle-from a much-needed focus on empowering women to a more comprehensive gender framework that considers gender as a system that affects both women and men. The chapters in this book explore definitions of masculinity and male identities in a variety of social contexts, drawing from experiences in Latin America, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa. It draws on a slowly emerging realization that attaining the vision of gender equality will be difficult, if not impossible, without changing the ways in which masculinities |
Titolo autorizzato: | The other half of gender |
ISBN: | 1-280-50346-7 |
9786610503469 | |
0-8213-6506-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910783585203321 |
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