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Gender and decision making in Balinese agriculture
American ethnologist • 31 (4) • Published In 2004 • Pages: 552-572
By: Jha, Nitish.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses gender dynamics in Balinese households and irrigation communities. It argues that Balinese women are systematically excluded from active participation in irrigation communities despite broad cultural ethos emphasizing gender equality in decision making.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gender status
- Division of labor by gender
- Gender roles and issues
- Cereal agriculture
- Water supply
- Ritual
- Cooperative organization
- Social relationships and groups
- Cultural participation
- Household
- Family relationships
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Balinese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1997-1998
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1997-2004
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Bali, Indonesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nitish Jha
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 569-572)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74644326
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Balinese (Indonesian people)