Cyclone, Gender, and Ritual 高崎善人

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1、TsukubaEconomicsWorkingPapersNo.2009-009Cyclone,Gender,andRitualbyYoshitoTakasakiJune2009UNIVERSITYOFTSUKUBADepartmentofEconomics1-1-1TennodaiTsukuba,Ibaraki305-8571JAPAN1*Cyclone,Gender,andRitualYoshitoTakasakiUniversityofTsukubaRunningTitle:Cyclone,Gender,andRitu

2、alContactInformation:YoshitoTakasakiGraduateSchoolofHumanitiesandSocialSciencesUniversityofTsukuba1-1-1Tennodai,TsukubaIbaraki305-8571JapanTel./fax:+81298536280E-mailaddress:takasaki@sk.tsukuba.ac.jpJune5,2009*Iwishtothankmyfieldteam–JonatiTorocake,ViliameManavure,

3、ViliameLomaloma,MariaTorocake,andAnaseiniSavuiwasa–fortheiradvice,enthusiasm,andexceptionaleffortsonbehalfofthisproject.SpecialthanksareowedtotheFijiansoftheregionwhosowillinglyparticipatedinthesurvey.XiaowenMoundertookthelaborioustaskofdataentryandcleaning.Thispap

4、erhasbenefitedsignificantlybythecommentsandsuggestionsofMichaelBennett,KeijiroOtsuka,andconferenceandseminarparticipantsonearlierversionsofthisworkpresentedtotheWorldCongressofEnvironmentalandResourceEconomists,theFASIDWorkshopofDevelopmentStrategyforPovertyReducti

5、onProgram,BeijingUniversity,KobeUniversity,andUniversityofTsukuba.ThisresearchhasbeenmadepossiblethroughsupportprovidedbytheSumitomoFoundation,theJapanSocietyforthePromotionofScience,andtheMinistryofEducation,Culture,Sports,ScienceandTechnologyinJapan.Anyerrorsofin

6、terpretationaresolelytheauthor’sresponsibility.2Cyclone,Gender,andRitualAbstractThispaperdemonstratesthattheFijiankavaritualemergesasinsuranceagainstcyclonerisk,aswomen’sproductionofritualhandicraftgiftsislinkedwithrisksharing.Thecyclonetightensfemale-heads’constra

7、intsonintra-householdmalelaborallocationinthegenderedFijiansociety.Thisisbecausemalelaborsharingagainstdwellingdamageemergesasanewgendereddivisionoflabor,andcyclonerelief(foodaid)crowdsoutrisksharingagainstcropdamage,butnotagainstdwellingdamage.Asaresult,eventhough

8、handicraftgiftproductionisnormallyneutraltothehouseholdhead’sgender,onlyfemale-headedhouseholdsintensifyproductionagainstdwellingdamagetoreceivem