The 'good wife': Struggles over resources in the Kenyan horticultural sector

被引：89

作者：

Dolan, CS ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ E Anglia, Sch Dev Studies, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES | 2001年 / 37卷 / 03期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

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D O I：

10.1080/00220380412331321961

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

This article examines how the contracting of French beans has engendered conflict over rights. obligations and resources in Meru District, Kenya. In response to pressure for agricultural diversification and the expanding European market for 'gourmet' vegetables, horticulture, the historical domain of women, has been rapidly intensified, commoditised and in many cases, appropriated by men, Women have responded to the erosion of their rights in ways that appear paradoxical - some undergoing Christian conversion while others poison their husbands - practices that simultaneously affirm and contest the prevailing norms of the 'good wife'. In Meru, gender relations are key to the negotiation of household resources and the potential for capital accumulation in the export horticultural sector.

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页码：39 / 70

页数：32