Gender Myths and Feminist Fables: The Struggle for Interpretive Power in Gender and Development Contributor(s): Cornwall, Andrea (Editor), Harrison, Elizabeth (Editor), Whitehead, Ann (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1405169370 ISBN-13: 9781405169370 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $41.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: Over the last 30 years, 'gender' has gained both official status within development institutions and become a recognised field of research and scholarly enquiry. This book explores how bowdlerised and impoverished representations of gender relations have simultaneously come to be embedded in development policy and practice. 'Gender myths' and 'feminist fables' abound: women are more likely to care for the environment; are better at working together; are less corrupt; have a seemingly infinite capacity to survive. In tracing the ways in which language and images of development are related to practice, the papers in this collection provide a nuanced account of the politics of knowledge production. They also interrogate the implications for feminist engagement with development, arguing that struggles for interpretive power are not only important for their own sake, but also for the implications they have for women's lives worldwide. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Women's Studies - Business & Economics | Development - General |
Dewey: 305.420 |
LCCN: 2007028747 |
Series: Development and Change Books |
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.42" W x 9.03" (0.61 lbs) 184 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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Publisher Description: This collection brings together leading feminist thinkers who examine the struggles for interpretive power which underlies international development.
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