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