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Winters without women: social change, split households and gendered labour in rural Mongolia

Abstract:: In this article, I use absence as a lens to explore social change and masculinity in rural Mongolia, with a focus on household splitting during winter months. Since the breakdown in state-sponsored dormitory systems, many mobile pastoralists split their households to accommodate children during the school year. This results in women moving to settled centres while men remain in pastures to care for livestock. In critical reflections on rural work, both male and female herders have underscored...
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Ahearn-Ligham, A. (2018). Winters without women: social change, split households and gendered labour in rural Mongolia. Gender, Place and Culture, 25(3), 399–415.

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Ahearn-Ligham, A. “Winters without Women: Social Change, Split Households and Gendered Labour in Rural Mongolia.” Gender, Place and Culture, vol. 25, no. 3, Routledge, 2018, pp. 399–415.

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Ahearn-Ligham, A. 2018. “Winters without Women: Social Change, Split Households and Gendered Labour in Rural Mongolia.” Gender, Place and Culture 25 (3): 399–415.
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Publisher copy:: 10.1080/0966369X.2018.1443910

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+ Ahearn-Ligham, A More by this author

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University of Oxford

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SOGE

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Geography

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+ Economic and Social Research Council More from this funder

+ American Centre for Mongolian Studies More from this funder

Bibliographic Details

Publisher:: Routledge
Journal:: Gender, Place and Culture More from this journal
Volume:: 25
Issue:: 3
Pages:: 399-415
Publication date:: 2018-03-08
Acceptance date:: 2017-12-06
DOI:: 10.1080/0966369X.2018.1443910
EISSN:: 1360-0524
ISSN:: 0966-369X

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Keywords:: absence

pastoralism

gender

masculinities

social change

Mongolia
Pubs id:: pubs:840536
UUID:: uuid:4769c80b-d48d-4868-855b-a4572d45a47e
Local pid:: pubs:840536
Source identifiers:: 840536
Deposit date:: 2018-04-17

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Copyright date:: 2018
Notes:: Copyright © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

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