Description
Product ID: | 9780367560317 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Routledge Research in Religion and Development |
Title: | Adapting Gender and Development to Local Religious Contexts |
Subtitle: | A Decolonial Approach to Domestic Violence in Ethiopia |
Authors: | Author: Romina Istratii |
Page Count: | 264 |
Subjects: | Development studies, Development studies, Religion: general, Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology, Social and cultural anthropology, Development economics and emerging economies, Regional geography, Religion: general, Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Development economics & emerging economies, Regional geography, Ethiopia |
Description: | This book provides a critical and decolonial analysis of gender and development theory and practice in religious societies through the presentation of a detailed ethnographic study of conjugal violence in Ethiopia. For researchers and practitioners of gender, religion, and development in Africa. This book provides a critical and decolonial analysis of gender and development theory and practice in religious societies through the presentation of a detailed ethnographic study of conjugal violence in Ethiopia. Responding to recent consensus that gender mainstreaming approaches have failed to produce their intended structural changes, Romina Istratii explains that gender and development analytical and theoretical frameworks are often constructed through western Euro-centric lenses ill-equipped to understand gender-related realities and human behaviour in non-western religious contexts and knowledge systems. Instead, Istratii argues for an approach to gender-sensitive research and practice which is embedded in insiders’ conceptual understandings as a basis to theorise about gender, assess the possible gendered underpinnings of local issues and design appropriate alleviation strategies. Drawing on a detailed study of conjugal abuse realities and attitudes in two villages and the city of Aksum in Northern Ethiopia, she demonstrates how religious knowledge can be engaged in the design and implementation of remedial interventions. This book carefully evidences the importance of integrating religious traditions and spirituality in current discussions of sustainable development in Africa, and speaks to researchers and practitioners of gender, religion and development in Africa, scholars of non-western Christianities and Ethiopian studies, and domestic violence researchers and practitioners. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-05-31 |