Gender, Identity, and Imperialism
Women Development Workers in Pakistan
1st Edition
Published on 9. December 2007
XIII, 228 pages
978-0-230-61001-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"An enjoyable and insightful read with a strong, interesting narrative. Cook provides a well-researched ethnographic study that centers on issues of migration, ethnicity and racial identity, and assimilation." - Nupur Chaudhuri, Texas Southern University
"An ethnographic study showing how Western women living in Pakistan as international development workers built new identities." - The Times Higher Education Supplement
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04/2008
Palgrave MacMillan
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NANCY COOK is Assistant Professor of Sociology, Brock University, USA. She is a faculty member of the interdisciplinary graduate programme in Globalization at McMaster University, USA.
Content
Introduction: Points of Arrival and Departure Bazaar Situations Vulnerable and Spatialising Subjects "Free" Travellers and Developers Navigating Boundaries Another One in the Oven Conclusion: Ruptures and Recuperations?
