TY  - BOOK
AU  - Müller,Christine
TI  - Local Knowledge and Gender in Ghana
T2  - Kultur und soziale Praxis
SN  - 9783899423785
U1  - 300 
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Bielefeld : 
PB  - transcript Verlag, 
KW  - Africa
KW  - Gender Studies
KW  - Gender
KW  - Sociology of Knowledge
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Translocality
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - restricted access
N2  - The emergence of global knowledge societies is recently questioning the meaning and relevance of local knowledge in the context of Southern countries. Women have proved to be the central actors in the multiple channels of local-global networking, using these new social ties for the negotiation of old and new elements of knowledge, scientific knowledge and development discourses. The inherent politicisation of knowledge and the direct objective of transforming societal institutions are not only signs of resistance against global hegemony, but serve for a new definition and for a defence of local culture and of local knowledge
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783839403785
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783839403785/original
ER  -