Beyond women's empowerment in Africa :
Swai, Elinami Veraeli.
Beyond women's empowerment in Africa : exploring dislocation and agency / Elinami Veraeli Swai. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - xv, 220 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book breaks new ground in understanding how modern society has shaped women's knowledge system in Africa and deconstructs long-held myths about the position of ordinary women in the construction of knowledge. Using case studies, it historicizes the experiences of ordinary women in Tanzania and looks at how empowerment is used to, paradoxically, eviscerate women's knowledge systems"--Provided by publisher.
9780230102484
2009041840
Women--Social conditions.--Tanzania
Women in development--Tanzania.
Women--Social conditions.--Africa
Women in development--Africa.
HQ1798.5.S93 2010
Beyond women's empowerment in Africa : exploring dislocation and agency / Elinami Veraeli Swai. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - xv, 220 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book breaks new ground in understanding how modern society has shaped women's knowledge system in Africa and deconstructs long-held myths about the position of ordinary women in the construction of knowledge. Using case studies, it historicizes the experiences of ordinary women in Tanzania and looks at how empowerment is used to, paradoxically, eviscerate women's knowledge systems"--Provided by publisher.
9780230102484
2009041840
Women--Social conditions.--Tanzania
Women in development--Tanzania.
Women--Social conditions.--Africa
Women in development--Africa.
HQ1798.5.S93 2010