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Fish/Wives: An Introduction

Burton, Valerie

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 2012-03, Vol.37 (3), p.527-536 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Fish/Wives: An Introduction
Autor: Burton, Valerie
É parte de: Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 2012-03, Vol.37 (3), p.527-536
Descrição: In recent years the decline in global fish stocks and in other ocean and lake resources has put the communities and households that live by their production under strain. Contributors to this symposium prioritize discussion about who owns and who has access to the stock, what labor processes and practices are involved, and what capital costs are incurred in processing and distribution. The authors are in no doubt about women’s importance in gathering, processing, and distribution. But differences emerge in historical and ethnographic accounts that profile the cultural representation of women involved with fish. Whether or not the term “fishwife” has ever been used in the places they study, they recognize its misogynistic intent. Several speak to particularities of body and affect missing from mainstream discussion of fishing, and they look to the potential for reappropriation of the pejorative term “fishwife.” From these perspectives, symposium contributors argue for greater prominence of the histories of women and fish in public debates about the future of fisheries.
Editor: University of Chicago Press
Idioma: Inglês

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