Myths to Live by? Female Solidarity and Female Autonomy Reconsidered

Gender Myths and Feminist Fables: The Struggle for Interpretive Power in Gender and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 145-163

  Cornwall, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female autonomy in Ado Odo; Female solidarity and female autonomy gender myths that many feminists like to live by; Female solidarity in Ado Odo; mupfuwira magical medicine of Zimbabwe; Myths To Live By? Female Solidarity and Female Autonomy Reconsidered; Putting 'gender relations' in perspective; Solidarity and autonomy: ideals in practice; Sources of conflict within the household; Women spending power way to tackle deep seated social inequities; Women's savings and credit groups

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EID: 84889629514     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444306675.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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