| Gender, Identity, and Imperialism: Women Development Workers in Pakistan 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Cook, N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349538523 ISBN-13: 9781349538522 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries - History | Asia - India & South Asia |
| Dewey: 305.409 |
| Series: Comparative Feminist Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.69 lbs) 228 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An ethnographic study showing how Western women living in Pakistan as international development workers constructed new identities in a Muslim community. Cook shows how these transnational migrants both perpetuate and resist unequal global power relations in everyday life, tracing the legacy of this from the colonial period to the present. |