Are women reservoirs of traditional plant knowledge? Gender, ethnobotany and globalization in northeast Brazil

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-20

  Voeks, Robert A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African diaspora; Cultural erosion; Ethnobotany; Gendered knowledge; Healers; Medicinal plants; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ETHNOBOTANY; GENDER; GLOBALIZATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WOMENS STATUS;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; CHAPADA DIAMANTINA NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33847687222     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2006.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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