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The Center of European Languages of Qom(Ale Beit Publications)
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BL
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| Record Number
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284
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b10154
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| Language of Document
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English
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| Main Entry
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Cook, Nancy
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Gender, identity, and imperialism:women development workers in Pakistan/ Nancy Cook
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2007.
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| Series Statement
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(Comparative feminist studies series)
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| Page. NO
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xi, 228 p.: map ; 22 cm.
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| ISBN
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9781403979919(hc : alk.paper)
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| Notes
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Print
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-222) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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WomenPakistan--Social conditions
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Muslim womenPakistan--Social conditions
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Visitors, ForeignPakistan
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Women in developmentPakistan
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Sex discrimination against womenPakistan
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| Dewey Classification
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305.4095491
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| LC Classification
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HQ1745.5.C67 2007
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