Gender, Identity, and Imperialism
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Women Development Workers in Pakistan, Comparative Feminist Studies
| ISBN: |
140397991X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781403979919 |
| Autor: |
Cook, N |
| Verlag: |
Springer Verlag GmbH |
| Umfang: |
xiii, 228 S. |
| Erscheinungsdatum: |
14.04.2008 |
| Auflage: |
1/2008 |
| Produktform: |
Gebunden/Hardback |
| Einband: |
GEB |
A UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION: Despite the increased frequency of studies on the important ramifications of Western women’s global migration to postcolonial locales, this topic has been largely neglected in feminist, sociological, anthropological, and globalization literatures, as well as in international development institutions. Cook seeks to redress this shortcoming through her ethnographic approach in PakistanINTERDISCIPLINARY ANGLE: Drawing on anthropology, religion, ethnography, sociology, politics, globalization theory, feminism, postcolonial studies, and South Asian studies, Cook’s broad scope will have cross-over appeal for academics and students in a variety of fieldsTIMELY: Cook’s focus on the contemporary power relations in Pakistan between local Muslims and metropolitan non-Muslims is crucial for modern scholarship, as we strive to transform the transcultural discursive context of a post-September 11th worldPRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: While Cook’s book is grounded in theory, it also aims to provide practical solutions to resolving cultural misunderstandings between South Asia and the Western world. She argues that the predominant approach development organizations take to deploying overseas workers needs to change so as not to reinforce resentments, inequalities, and social hierarchies that undermine development aims
Beschreibung
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.
Autorenporträt
NANCY COOK is Assistant Professor of Sociology, Brock University, USA. She is a faculty member of the interdisciplinary graduate programme in Globalization at McMaster University, USA.
