Feminisms in Development: Contradictions, Contestations and Challenges - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1842778188 ISBN 13 : 9781842778180

Editeur : Zed Books Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

This collection of essays by leading feminist thinkers from North and South constitutes a major new attempt to reposition feminism within development studies. Feminism’s emphasis on social transformation makes it fundamental to development studies. Yet the relationship between the two disciplines has frequently been a troubled one. At present, the way in which many development institutions function often undermines feminist intent through bureaucratic structures and unequal power quotients. Moreover, the seeming intractability of inequalities and injustice in developing countries have presented feminists with some enormous challenges. Here, emphasizing the importance of a plurality of approaches, the authors argue for the importance of what ‘feminisms’ have to say to development. Confronting the enormous challenges for feminisms in development studies, this book provides real hope for dialogue and exchange between feminisms and development.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Andrea Cornwall is professor in anthropology and development at the University of Sussex, where she is an affiliate of the Centre for the Study of Sexual Dissidence and director of the Pathways of Women's Empowerment programme. Joining the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) as a fellow in 1998, she supported the emergence of work on sexuality and helped establish the Sexuality and Development Programme. She has published widely on gender and sexuality in development and is executive producer of Save us from Saviours, a short film on Indian sex workers' challenge of the rescue industry.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Zed Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1842778188
• ISBN 13: 9781842778180
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Éditeur: Cornwall Andrea, Harrison Elizabeth, Whitehead Ann
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible