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Book/Printed Material Masculinities in forests : representations of diversity

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Title

  • Masculinities in forests : representations of diversity

Summary

  • "Masculinities in Forests: Representations of Diversity demonstrates the wide variability in ideas about, and practice of, masculinity in different forests, and how these relate to forest management. While forestry is widely considered a masculine domain, a significant portion of the literature on gender and development focuses on the role of women, not men. This book addresses this gap and also highlights how there are significant, demonstrable differences in masculinities from forest to forest. The book develops a simple conceptual framework for considering masculinities, one which both acknowledges the stability or enduring quality of masculinities, but also the significant masculinity-related options available to individual men within any given culture. The author draws on her own experiences, building on her long-term experience working globally in the conservation and development worlds, also observing masculinities among such professionals. The core of the book examines masculinities, based on long term ethnographic research in the rural Pacific Northwest of the United States; Long Segar, East Kalimantan; and Sitiung, West Sumatra, both in Indonesia. The author concludes by pulling together the various strands of masculine identities and discussing the implications of these various versions of masculinity for forest management. This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of forestry, gender studies and conservation and development, as well as practitioners and NGOs working in these fields"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Colfer, Carol J. Pierce, author

Created / Published

  • London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Contents

  • Masculinities in forests : here and there, then and now -- (Remembered) American masculinities from my girlhood (1940s-1970s) -- Immersion in rural America : the case of Bushler Bay -- Masculinities and muted gender in Bali and Kalimantan -- Masculinities in conflict in West Sumatra -- Masculinities among the 'development set' -- Revisits to old haunts / with Andrew Balan Pierce and Sufiet Erlita -- The relevance of masculinities for forests and their management.

Headings

  • -  Forests and forestry--Social aspects
  • -  Forest management--Social aspects
  • -  Masculinity
  • -  Sex role in the work environment

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

  • SD387.S55

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020022565

Online Format

  • image
  • epub

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Chicago citation style:

Colfer, Carol J. Pierce, Author. Masculinities in Forests: Representations of Diversity. London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020022565/.

APA citation style:

Colfer, C. J. P. (2021) Masculinities in Forests: Representations of Diversity. London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020022565/.

MLA citation style:

Colfer, Carol J. Pierce, Author. Masculinities in Forests: Representations of Diversity. London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020022565/>.