Gender, identity, and imperialism: women development workers in pakistan
Auteur :
Cook, N.
Éditeur :
Palgrave USA
ISBN :
9781403979919
Date de publication :
14 avr. 2008
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.