Men and Development: Politicizing Masculinities - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848139780 ISBN 13 : 9781848139787

Editeur : Zed Books, 2011

Synopsis

Brings together some of the best-known academics, activists and practitioners in the field to present a comprehensive overview with original case studies from Brazil, India, China , South Africa, Malawi, Uganda and Nicaragua.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

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.

akshay khanna is a New Delhi based Social Anthropologist, community theatre practitioner, and amateur chef with training in Law and Medical Anthropology. It is currently the Co-Director of RAPT (Research Activism Performance and Theatre), a project that has developed theatre as a method of research and which works with community groups, researchers and projects in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the UK.

Andrea Cornwall is Professor of Anthropology and Development in the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex. She has worked on participation as a researcher and practitioner for many years, and is author of Beneficiary, Consumer, Citizen (2000) and Democratizing Engagement (Demos) and co-editor of Pathways to Participation (with Garett Pratt, 2003), Spaces for Change? (with Vera Schattan Coelho, 2006) and The Politics of Rights (with Maxine Molyneux, 2009).

Jerker Edström is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, IDS, where his research interests focus on the men and masculinities in relation to structural dimensions of sex, gender and power in HIV epidemics, as well as on the politics of the global response.  He has studied and worked in HIV, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Population, Gender and Poverty since the mid 1980s.  His most recent post was at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, where amongst other things, like NGO support programme development he drove the promotion and development of 'Participatory Community Assessment' (PCA) methodologies in HIV with partners.

Alan Greig has worked for over ten years as a consultant with community-based organizations and activist formations in sub-Saharan Africa, South and South-East Asia and the USA on the links between personal and political violence. Much of this work has been concerned with issues of masculinity and male power, and how these shape the lives of people of all genders. Through strategic planning, curriculum development and programme evaluations, Alan has supported the design and strengthening of innovative gender work with men rooted in a commitment to gender justice as a central element of social justice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Zed Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848139780
• ISBN 13: 9781848139787
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Éditeur: Cornwall Andrea, Edström Jerker, Greig Alan
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible