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This is a meticulously researched study of gender relations in terms of women's access to, and their ownership and control of, land. It focuses on Malay women's property relations, their implications for agricultural production, and their impact on peasant women's status - especially the very poor. The authors argue that a disregard for women's land rights has seriously distorted understanding of Malay agrarian systems. The way that land passes from generation to generation has to be taken into account, and also the part played by gender in inheritance patterns. The authors combine their original field material with historical background in producing their analysis.
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Synopsis:
A study of gender relations in terms of women's access to, and ownership and control of, land. It focuses on Malay women's property relations, their implications for agricultural production, and their impact on peasant women's status - espcially the very poor. The author's argue that a disregard for women's land rights has seriously distorted our understanding of Malay agrarian systems. To comprehend the likely ways in which these systems may change, or to intervene constructively in their dynamics, requires taking account of how land passes from generation to generation and the role of gender in the cultural practices structuring inheritance. The authors combine their original field material with historical background in producing their analysis.
About the Author:
Jomo K. S. (PhD, Harvard, 1978) is Professor in the Applied Economics Department, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His major book publications include A Question of Class, Growth and Structural Change in the Malaysian Economy, Southeast Asia's Misunderstood Miracle (with others) and Malaysia's Political Economy (with E. T. Gomez). Chang and Khoo are experienced Malaysian researchers,while the other contributors to the volume are all based in Malaysia.
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- PublisherZed Books Ltd
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 1856490882
- ISBN 13 9781856490887
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages144
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