Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Singapore journal of tropical geography
17 (1997), S. 0
ISSN:
1467-9493
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Geography
Notes:
This paper uses the bars of Ado-Ekiti as a site to explore the use of urban space by women and men. Ado-Ekiti is a Yoruba city of 150,000 people in southwestern Nigeria. Feminist and political economy perspectives are used in developing the three-part theme of the way that gender intersects with the relations between bars and production, bars and reproduction, and bars and consumption. A look at the history of alcohol in Nigeria and of Yoruba women as traders and their cultural role provides context. Survey results and personal observations connect empirical findings to the tripartite theme. Women own and run three fourths of Ado-Ekiti's two hundred plus bars, but men control the upscale bars. Many of Ado's female bar owners are on the receiving end of an exploitative relationship with the global economy via the brewing industry, in a patriarchal society that assigns them a heavy reproductive burden.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9493.1996.tb00089.x
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