M Cristina Espinosa
Biographic Data
| ID | 210563 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Cristina Espinosa |
| GIVEN NAMES | M Cristina |
| FAMILY NAME | Espinosa |
| SIGNATURE | ESPINOSA M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brandeis University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Why Gender in Wildlife Conservation? Notes from the Peruvian Amazon
The connections between gender and wildlife use are diverse and depend on particular economic, cultural and ethnic contexts.Challenging the common exclusion of women from wildlife conservation, this article shows the important role played by gender even in situations where women are not direct users of wildlife.Women productive and reproductive unpaid work and their participation in decision-making have a direct impact in wildlife use by: 1) maki…
Negotiating Landscapes, Survival, and Modernity: Goats, Migration, and Gender in the Arid Lands of Northern Peru
This paper explores the role of gender, cultural change, and market dynamics affecting the resilience of adaptive livelihoods in arid landscapes in Northern Peru for families who lack access to irrigation and rely on goat herding in a context of cyclical droughts. Based on interviews conducted in the community of Salas in 1982, 1983, and 2007, the analysis shows that better access to formal education and/or migratory experience can facilitate cul…
Ethnic spirituality, gender and health care in the Peruvian Amazon
By addressing ethnic identities of riparian people in Loreto, this article shows the relevance of spirituality, ethnic difference, and gender subordination affecting health interventions. Ethnic spirituality defines daily life behavior and attitudes revealing different meanings associated with medicine, illness, and healing. Gender segregates natural spaces and portrays women and children as more vulnerable to illness caused by spiritual powers, …
What has Globalization to do with Wildlife Use in the Remote Amazon? Exploring the Links between Macroeconomic Changes, Markets and Community Entitlements
This article explores to what extent poverty, markets and entitlements act as incentives or deterrents for more intensive use of wildlife. Taking into consideration neoliberal ‘Fuji-shock’ of 1990 that eliminated subsidies and support for small-scale agriculture in Peru, I use data on wildlife use in two communities in Loreto that have different entitlements to natural resources and different access to markets and landforms. Results show the comm…
Why Gender in Wildlife Conservation? Notes from the Peruvian Amazon
The connections between gender and wildlife use are diverse and depend on particular economic, cultural and ethnic contexts.Challenging the common exclusion of women from wildlife conservation, this article shows the important role played by gender even in situations where women are not direct users of wildlife.Women productive and reproductive unpaid work and their participation in decision-making have a direct impact in wildlife use by: 1) maki…
Ethnic spirituality, gender and health care in the Peruvian Amazon
By addressing ethnic identities of riparian people in Loreto, this article shows the relevance of spirituality, ethnic difference, and gender subordination affecting health interventions. Ethnic spirituality defines daily life behavior and attitudes revealing different meanings associated with medicine, illness, and healing. Gender segregates natural spaces and portrays women and children as more vulnerable to illness caused by spiritual powers, …
What has Globalization to do with Wildlife Use in the Remote Amazon? Exploring the Links between Macroeconomic Changes, Markets and Community Entitlements
This article explores to what extent poverty, markets and entitlements act as incentives or deterrents for more intensive use of wildlife. Taking into consideration neoliberal ‘Fuji-shock’ of 1990 that eliminated subsidies and support for small-scale agriculture in Peru, I use data on wildlife use in two communities in Loreto that have different entitlements to natural resources and different access to markets and landforms. Results show the comm…
What has Globalization to do with Wildlife Use in the Remote Amazon? Exploring the Links between Macroeconomic Changes, Markets and Community Entitlements
This article explores to what extent poverty, markets and entitlements act as incentives or deterrents for more intensive use of wildlife. Taking into consideration neoliberal ‘Fuji-shock’ of 1990 that eliminated subsidies and support for small-scale agriculture in Peru, I use data on wildlife use in two communities in Loreto that have different entitlements to natural resources and different access to markets and landforms. Results show the comm…
Negotiating Landscapes, Survival, and Modernity: Goats, Migration, and Gender in the Arid Lands of Northern Peru
This paper explores the role of gender, cultural change, and market dynamics affecting the resilience of adaptive livelihoods in arid landscapes in Northern Peru for families who lack access to irrigation and rely on goat herding in a context of cyclical droughts. Based on interviews conducted in the community of Salas in 1982, 1983, and 2007, the analysis shows that better access to formal education and/or migratory experience can facilitate cul…
Ethnic spirituality, gender and health care in the Peruvian Amazon
By addressing ethnic identities of riparian people in Loreto, this article shows the relevance of spirituality, ethnic difference, and gender subordination affecting health interventions. Ethnic spirituality defines daily life behavior and attitudes revealing different meanings associated with medicine, illness, and healing. Gender segregates natural spaces and portrays women and children as more vulnerable to illness caused by spiritual powers, …
Why Gender in Wildlife Conservation? Notes from the Peruvian Amazon
The connections between gender and wildlife use are diverse and depend on particular economic, cultural and ethnic contexts.Challenging the common exclusion of women from wildlife conservation, this article shows the important role played by gender even in situations where women are not direct users of wildlife.Women productive and reproductive unpaid work and their participation in decision-making have a direct impact in wildlife use by: 1) maki…
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Livelihood (2 works) · Modernity (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)