Educating activists : development and gender in the making of modern Gandhians /

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What do people make of their own development? In Educating Activists, Rebecca M. Klenk illuminates a reality that is far more complex than either development planners or critics commonly assume. This gracefully written, accessible ethnography showshow rural women accept, refuse, reinterpret, and neg...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Klenk, Rebecca M, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2010.
Temas:
Gandhi, > Mahatma, > 1869-1948 > Political and social views.
Gandhi, > Mahatma, > 1869-1948
Rural women > India > Himalaya Mountains Region.
Women in development > India > Himalaya Mountains Region.
Sustainable development > India > Himalaya Mountains Region.
Equality > India > Himalaya Mountains Region.
Sex discrimination against women > India > Himalaya Mountains Region.
Rural women > India.
Women in development > India.
Sustainable development > India.
Sex discrimination against women > India.
Femmes en milieu rural > Himālaya.
Femmes dans le développement > Himālaya.
Développement durable > Himālaya.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes > Himālaya.
Femmes en milieu rural > Inde.
Femmes dans le développement > Inde.
Développement durable > Inde.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes > Inde.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Equality
Political and social views
Rural women
Sex discrimination against women
Sustainable development
Women in development
India
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What do people make of their own development? In Educating Activists, Rebecca M. Klenk illuminates a reality that is far more complex than either development planners or critics commonly assume. This gracefully written, accessible ethnography showshow rural women accept, refuse, reinterpret, and negotiate development's terms in a quest to improve their own communities. Klenk offers an account of Lakshmi Ashram, a remarkable Gandhian educational initiative for women and girls in Himalayan India. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, Educating Activists blends memories and stories with historical rese.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 251 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780739137376
0739137379
1283163381
9781283163385
9786613163387
6613163384

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