Gender, identity, and imperialism : women development workers in Pakistan / Nancy Cook.

Author/creator Cook, Nancy
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Descriptionxi, 228 pages : map ; 22 cm.
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SeriesComparative feminist studies series
Comparative feminist studies series. ^A588688
Contents Introduction : points of arrival and departure. Parameters of study. Tracking the text -- Bazaar situations. Cited transcultural interactions. Exploration sites. Postpartition travel sightings. Tourist sights. Development sites. Home sites. Historic citings -- Vulnerable and spatializing subjects. Constructing the danger. Vulnerable subjects in Gilgit. Spatializing subjects. A vulnerable imperial logic? -- 'Free' travelers and developers navigating boundaries. Why do they come to Gilgit? Free selves/subjugated others. What to wear, what to wear? Working women. Free or not? Why did they come? -- Another bun in the oven. The cult of domesticity. Constructing a haven. The power of the cult of domesticity. Achieving home and self. Governing the haven. Managing servants. Managing western families. Domestic governance and spatial (re)organization -- Conclusion : ruptures and recuperations? Epilogue. Agency speculations.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-222) and index.
LCCN 2007020721
ISBN140397991X (alk. paper)
ISBN9781403979919 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ 1745.5 .C67 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold