ISBN:
0203426096
,
0415105234
,
0415105242
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 275 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
International studies of women and place
Parallel Title:
Print version Feminism/ Postmodernism/ Development
DDC:
305.42
Keywords:
Postmodernism
;
Women in development Case studies
;
Women Social conditions
;
Feminist theory
;
Women in development
Abstract:
Drawing on the experiences of women from Africa, Latin America and Asia, this book challenges traditional development practices of North over South, arguing for the inclusion of issues such as identity and political action as the way forward
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; List of acronyms; Exploding the Canon: An Introduction/Conclusion; (Neo-)colonial Discourse(s) and the Representation of Third World Women as the ~Other~; ENGENDERING DEVELOPMENT? WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT (WID) IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIMES; WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT: A CRITIQUE; LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN SPEAK ON DEVELOPMENT: ARE WE LISTENING YET?; Women of Color: Representation and the Social Construction of Identity; THE CONSTRUCTION OF MARGINAL IDENTITIES: WORKING-CLASS GIRLS OF ALGERIAN DESCENT IN A FRENCH SCHOOL
Description / Table of Contents:
GENDER, HISTORY AND IMPERIALISM: ANNE WHEELER'S LOYALTIESCOPING WITH MARGINALITY: SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN MIGRANTS IN BRITAIN; The Relevance of Postmodern Feminism for Gender and Development; WOMEN AND DEMOCRATIZATION STRUGGLES IN AFRICA: WHAT RELEVANCE TO POST-MODERNIST DISCOURSE?; POSTMODERNIST FEMINIST THEORIZING AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND PRACTICE IN THE ANGLOPHONE CARIBBEAN: THE BARBADOS CASE; CHALLENGING MODERNIZATION: GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT, POSTMODERN FEMINISM AND ACTIVISM; Knowledge, Development and Praxis; ~WOMEN~ IN RURAL PRODUCER GROUPS AND THE DIVERSE POLITICS OF TRUTH IN ZIMBABWE
Description / Table of Contents:
GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT IN ACTIONDECONSTRUCTING THE DEVELOPMENT ~EXPERT~: GENDER, DEVELOPMENT AND THE ~VULNERABLE GROUPS~; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-270) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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