This book is a general analysis of women in developing countries. Women's subordination and oppression in Tanzania is a central question, and the book discusses the position of women in production and reproduction. It also contains critical annotations of selected books and articles on the subject.
CONTENTS -- PART ONE: STRUGGLES ON THE QUESTION OF WOMEN IN TANZANIA -- I. The Oppression of Women -- II. Struggles of Working Class Women -- III. Struggles of Women Peasant -- IV. Struggles in the Conceptualisation of Women as a Problem of Analysis and Action -- PART TWO: WRITINGS ON THE QUESTION OF WOMEN -- I. Approaches to the Analysis of Women´s Oppression -- II. General Analysis of Women in Tanzania -- III. Case Studies -- IV. Peasants -- V. Workers -- VI. Women´s Projects and Cooperatives -- VII. Ideology -- VIII. Education -- IX. Legal Questions -- X. Political Participation -- XI. Biological Reproduction and sexuality -- XII. Family and Domestic Labour -- XIII. Health and Nutrition -- XIV. Resources