Knjiga 5.HIDDEN LIVES. An anthropological study of rural women
- Autorica: Lynette Šikić-Mićanović
- Biblioteka Centra za urbane i ruralne studije. – Knjiga 5.
- Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar
- Zagreb, 2012. – 174 str.
- ISBN 978-953-7964-04-7
- Acknowledgements
- 1. GENDER AND RURALITY
- Introduction
- Outline of the book
- Introduction to concepts
- 2. METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
- Methodological approaches used in rural studies
- Ethical considerations
- Participant observation
- Qualitative research interviews
- Field Research
- 3. FOREGROUNDING THE SELF IN FIELDWORK
- Introduction
- The Researcher’s Role in Shaping the Data
- My Positionality
- My Research Orientations
- Access and Rapport
- Research Dilemmas and Challenges
- Concluding Remarks
- 4. GENDERED VALUES AND ATTITUDES
- Introduction
- Indicators of traditionalism
- Being a Girl/Woman
- Gendered Expectations
- The ‘Ideal’ Woman
- Gendered Practices
- Concluding remarks
- 5. THE MEANINGS, PRACTICES AND EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC LABOUR
- Introduction
- Domestic labour and well-being
- Unpaid and domestic: Who does this work?
- Ideals and aspirations: What do they want to do and who do they want to be?
- Concluding remarks
- 6. WOMEN’S CONTRIBUTION TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN CROATIA
- Introduction
- Historical background of rural populations in Croatia
- Exploration of women’s roles in rural areas
- Women’s participation in decision-making
- Obstacles to equal opportunity
- Rural women – untapped resource?
- Concluding remarks
- 7. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Main points and findings
- Education and Gender
- Mobility and Gender
- Leisure and gender
- Postscript
- REFERENCES
