Abstract
If you’re a hunter and you have some camels, the small stock belongs to the women. If you’re dairy farmers, the chickens belong to the women. If all you have are ducks, the ducks belong to the men.
In no area of biology is the relationship with the social sciences more inclusive or critical than in the nutritional sciences.
Mead (1976)
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Further Reading
Dahlberg, F. (1981) Woman the Gatherer, Yale University Press, New Haven. An introduction to women as hunters and gatherers, with contributed case studies from around the world illustrating differing food-related gender roles.
Charles, N. and Kerr, M. (1988) Women, Food and Families, Manchester University Press, Manchester. A detailed account of the study of 200 British women and family food, including numerous passages in the women’s own words.
Weismantel, M.J. (1988) Food, Gender and Poverty in the Ecuadorian Andes, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. An ethnographic study focusing on food and cooking. Full of useful information and insights on biocultural uses and meanings of food.
World Food Day Association of Canada (1993) The Hand That Feeds the World: Women’s Role in Global Food Security, Ottawa, The Author. This is a curriculum resource kit comprising video and printed guide, which investigates the links between gender issues, food security, agribusiness and environmental issues.
Overholt, C., Anderson, M.B., Cloud, K. and Austin, J.E. (eds) (1985) Gender Roles in Development Projects: A Case Book, Kumarian Press, West Hartford. A collection of papers examining the role of women in development projects, including agricultural and nutritional perspectives.
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Fieldhouse, P. (1995). Food and gender. In: Food and Nutrition. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3256-3_5
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