Gender, Ethnicity and Place: Women and Identities in Guyana (Routledge Studies in Development and Society)

This book is concerned with the nature of the relationship between gender, ethnicity and poverty in the context of the external and internal dynamics of households in Guyana. Using detailed data collected from male and female respondents in three separate locations, two urban and one rural, and across two major ethnic groups, Afro-Guyanese and Indo-Guyanese, the authors discuss the links between gender and race, exploring development issues from a feminist perspective. 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology And Reflexivity -- 3. The Emergence Of Guyanese Women's Identities -- 4. The Contemporary Situation Of Guyanese Women -- 5. Gender, Ethnicity And The Family In Albouystown -- 6. Globalisation And Indo-guyanese Women In Meten Meer Zorg East -- 7. Gender And Sexuality Among Afro-guyanese In Linden -- 8. Women Across Place -- 9. Red Thread's Feminism: 'a Politics Of The Possible'? -- 10. Conclusion. Linda Peake And D. Alissa Trotz. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 202-224) And Index. This work explores the nature of the relationship between gender, ethnicity and poverty in the context of the external and internal dynamics of household in Guyana. We open this introductory chapter on Guyana with a quotation from Walter Rodney for two related reasons.