Tahitian Transformation : : Gender and Capitalist Development in a Rural Society / / Victoria S. Lockwood.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Lockwood, Victoria S. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Women and Change in the Developing World
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Introduction: The Architecture of the World System --; PART 1. The Structural-Historical Context of Contemporary Tahitian Society --; 2 The Forces of Transformation --; 3 The Domestication of Tahitian Women --; 4 French Agendas: Nuclear Colony and Welfare State Colonialism --; PART 2 Rural Tahitian Society and Capitalism --; 5 Tubuai Modernization: Linkages and Dependency --; 6 Contemporary Tubuai Socioeconomic Organization: Households, the Peasant Mode of Production, and Class --; 7 Islanders and Capitalism: The Tubuai Potato Project --; 8 Women and Development in Contemporary Rural Tahitian Society --; 9 Conclusions: Scenarios for the Future --; Tahitian Terms --; References --; Index --; About the Book and Author
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685856083; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685856083
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Victoria S. Lockwood.

Lockwood describes how capitalism has become a part of the lives of rural Tahitians, analyzing the structural changes that take place as capitalist modes of production overwhelm indigenous organization, as well as the increasing social, economic, and political subordination of women that accompanies Westernization.