Gender myths and feminist fables : the struggle for interpretive power in gender and development /

This collection brings together leading feminist thinkers who examine the struggles for interpretive power which underlies international development.: Questions why the insights from years of feminist gender and development research are so often turned into 'gender myths' and 'feminis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, England)
Otros Autores: Cornwall, Andrea, 1963-, Harrison, Elizabeth, 1963-, Whitehead, Ann, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Malden, MA : Blackwell, ©2008.
Colección:Development and change (Unnumbered)
Temas:
Women in development.
Feminist theory.
Feminism > Political aspects.
Sex role > Sociological aspects.
Femmes dans le développement.
Théorie féministe.
Féminisme > Aspect politique.
Rôle selon le sexe > Aspect sociologique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Feminism > Political aspects
Feminist theory
Women in development
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Gender myths and feminist fables : the struggle for interpretive power in gender and development / Andrea Cornwall, Elizabeth Harrison and Ann Whitehead
  • A bigger piece of a very small pie : intrahousehold resource allocation and poverty reduction in Africa / Bridget O'Laughlin
  • The construction of the myth of survival / Mercedes González de la Rocha
  • Earth mother myths and other ecofeminist fables : how a strategic notion rose and fell / Melissa Leach
  • Political cleaners : women as the new anti-corruption force? / Anne Marie Goetz
  • Resolving risk? marriage and creative conjugality / Cecile Jackson
  • Feminism, gender, and women's peace activism / Judy El-Bushra
  • Myths to live by? female solidarity and female autonomy reconsidered / Andrea Cornwall.

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