Gender Transformation, Power and Resistance Among Women in Sri Lanka - Couverture rigide

Risseeuw, Carla

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 818542568X ISBN 13 : 9788185425689

Editeur : Manohar Publishers and Distributors, 2026

Synopsis

In the context of Sri Lanka this study concentrates on the taken for granted “unsaid” nature of relations between the sexes and the process by which they change imperceptibly over time. Gender relations were substantially transformed during British colonial rule, although these changes often went unrecognized by both the colonizer and the colonized. During this process of gender transformation the position of women deteriorated, not so much due to a direct move to curb their position, but more as an indirect result of an intensified struggle over resources between the more powerful (males), colonizer as well as colonized. This situation finds parallels in the status of women today. The position of women – as rural, unorganized workers – still remains unappreciated within (inter)national development planning, which obstructs their entry into a meaningful dialogue with the more powerful, although their strategies of resistance are manifold.

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À propos de l'auteur

Carla Risseeuw graduated as an anthropologist from Leiden University and obtained her Ph.D. from Nijmegan University, The Netherlands. She has worked in Ireland, Kenya and Sri Lanka both as an anthropologist and film maker (main film made together with Amara Amersinghe in 1985, is entitled ‘The Wrong End of the Rope’. It deals with the life and organisation of coir workers in Sri Lanka and won several awards).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 818542568X
• ISBN 13: 9788185425689
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 416
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