Gender, Identity, and Imperialism: Women Development Workers in Pakistan (2007) (Comparative Feminist Studies)

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Synopsis
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.
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2007

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ISBN-13:
9780230610019
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9781403979919
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Palgrave Macmillan US, New York
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Language:
English
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History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government
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