Women bargaining with patriarchy in coastal Kenya: Contradictions, creative agency and food provisioning

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dc.creatorKawarazuka, Nozomi
dc.creatorLocke, C.
dc.creatorSeeley, J.
dc.date2019-03-04
dc.date2019-07-08T21:14:06Z
dc.date2019-07-08T21:14:06Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:02:00Z
dc.descriptionGender analysts have long recognised that challenging existing patriarchal structures involves risks for women, who may lose both long-term support and protection from kin. However, understanding the specific ways in which they ‘bargain with patriarchy’ in particular contexts is relatively poorly understood. We focus on a Mijikenda fishing community in coastal Kenya to explore contradictions in gendered power relations and how women deploy these to reinterpret gendered practices without directly challenging local patriarchal structures. We argue that a more complex understanding of women’s creative agency can reveal both the value to women of culturally-specific gendered roles and responsibilities and the importance of subtle changes that they are able to negotiate in these. With reference to food provisioning, the analysis contributes to more nuanced understandings of gendered household food security and women’s creative approaches to maintaining long-term security in their lives.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/102102
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/152995
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceKawarazuka, N.; Locke, C.; Seeley, J. 2019. Women bargaining with patriarchy in coastal Kenya: Contradictions, creative agency and food provisioning. Gender, Place & Culture. ISSN: 0966-369X. 26:3. pp. 384-404.
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectsmall-scale fisheries
dc.subjectwomen
dc.subjectfood security
dc.titleWomen bargaining with patriarchy in coastal Kenya: Contradictions, creative agency and food provisioning
dc.typeJournal Article

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