Description: The dominant trend in pastoralist studies has long assumed that pastoralism and pastoral gender relations are inherently patriarchal.
Review Quotes: "A very important contribution in the studies of pastoralist societies in Africa. As argued by the editor in the introduction, the role and status of women among these allegedly predominantly male-dominated societies has not been properly examined. This is one of the first books to challenge this gender bias in the field in a scholarly and systematic way. The papers in the book cover various domains where women actively participate, giving the book a sense of being well designed and comprehensive."--Eisei Kurimoto, associate professor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka