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The Lao

Gender, Power, and Livelihood
By:Carol Ireson-Doolittle; Geraldine Moreno-Black
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Print ISBN:9780367318642
eText ISBN:9780429975998
Edition:1
Copyright:2004
Format:Reflowable

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The Lao discusses culture and village life in Laos, exploring topics of kinship and family, gender relations, households, religion, livelihood strategies, and ethnicity. In particular, it highlights the effects of recent development projects on the relative power of men and women in rural Lao society, and the responses of women to those changes. I