Linda Peake, D. Alissa Trotz

This work explores the nature of the relationship between gender, ethnicity and poverty in the context of the external and internal dynamics of household in Guyana.

1. Introduction 2. Methodology and Reflexivity 3. The Emergence of Guyanese Women's Identities 4. The Contemporary Situation of Guyanese Women 5. Gender, Ethnicity and the Family in Albouystown 6. Globalisation and Indo-Guyanese Women in Meten Meer Zorg East 7. Gender and Sexuality among Afro-Guyanese in Linden 8. Women across place 9. Red Thread's Feminism: A Politics of the Possible?10. Conclusion