Feminist Futures
Reimagining Women, Culture and Development
Zed Books Ltd (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 15. October 2016
528 pages
978-1-78360-640-5 (ISBN)
Description
Straddling disciplines and continents, Feminist Futures interweaves scholarship and social activism to explore the evolving position of women in the South.
Working at the intersection of cultural studies, critical development studies and feminist theory, the book's contributors articulate a radical and innovative framework for understanding the linkages between women, culture and development, applying it to issues ranging from sexuality and the gendered body to the environment, technology and the cultural politics of representation.
This revised and updated edition brings together leading academics, as well as a new generation of activists and scholars, to provide a fresh perspective on the ways in which women in the South are transforming our understanding of development.
Working at the intersection of cultural studies, critical development studies and feminist theory, the book's contributors articulate a radical and innovative framework for understanding the linkages between women, culture and development, applying it to issues ranging from sexuality and the gendered body to the environment, technology and the cultural politics of representation.
This revised and updated edition brings together leading academics, as well as a new generation of activists and scholars, to provide a fresh perspective on the ways in which women in the South are transforming our understanding of development.
Reviews / Votes
Readable and well written ... especially valuable in the classroom. * Choice * [A] valuable and often challenging volume, a winding river that yields nuggets of gold. * Gender and Development * While providing an unflinching account of the ravages of globalization, the authors uncover visions of radically transformative feminisms that are rooted in women's daily struggles for survival. The women, culture and development approach that the authors embrace is more prescient and necessary than ever. * Amrita Basu, Amherst College * Provides a rich perspective on the lived experiences and agencies of women. A highly creative endeavour that will be valuable to activists and academics committed to both agendas of social justice and nuanced understandings of the effects of development. * Leela Fernandes, author of Transnational Feminism in the United States * A diverse and exciting tapestry of themes and authors, drawn from different disciplines and countries, assessing the situation of women in the South and speaking to the multiple challenges for the future. * Lourdes Beneria, Cornell University (Emerita) * A candid and hard-hitting agenda for feminist scholarship and activism in the South in the twenty-first century. * Patricia Mohammed, University of the West Indies *More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Tables, black and white 1 ; Figures 1
ISBN-13
978-1-78360-640-5 (9781783606405)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Kum-Kum Bhavnani | John Foran | Priya A. Kurian
Feminist Futures
Reimagining Women, Culture and Development
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10/2016
2nd Edition
Zed Books Ltd
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Persons
Kum-Kum Bhavnani is professor of sociology, global studies and feminist studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
John Foran is professor of sociology and environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Priya A. Kurian is professor of political science and public policy at the University of Waikato.
Debashish Munshi is professor of management communication at the University of Waikato.
John Foran is professor of sociology and environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Priya A. Kurian is professor of political science and public policy at the University of Waikato.
Debashish Munshi is professor of management communication at the University of Waikato.
Content
Preface to the Second Edition
1. An Introduction to Women, Culture and Development - Kum-Kum Bhavnani, John Foran and Priya A. Kurian
Visions I
Maria's Stories - Maria Ofelia Navarrete
The Woof and the Warp - Luisa Valenzuela
Consider the Problem of Privatisation - Anna Tsing
Part I: Sexuality and the Gendered Body
2. More '"Tragedies" in Out-of-the-Way Places: Oceanic Interpretations of Another Scale' - Yvonne Underhill-Sem with Kaita Sem
3. 'Revolution with a Woman's Face'? Family Norms, Constitutional Reform, and the Politics of Redistribution in Post/Neoliberal Ecuador - Amy Lind
4. Claiming the State: Revisiting Women's Reproductive Identity in India's Development Policy - Rachel Simon-Kumar
5. Abortion and African Culture: A Case Study of Kenya - Jane Wambui Njagi
6. Bodies and Choices: African Matriarchs and Mammy Water - Ifi Amadiume
Visions II
Empowerment: Snakes and Ladders - Jan Nederveen Pieterse
Gendered Sexualities and Lived Experience: Revisiting the Case of Gay Sexuality in Women, Culture and Development - Dana Collins
Revolutionary Women's Struggle and Leadership: Building Local Political Power in Rural Areas in the Age of Neoliberal Globalization - Peter Chua
'What Should I Say about a Dream?': Reflections on Adolescent Girls, Agency and Citizenship - Gauri Nandedkar
Part II: Environment, Technology, Science
7. New Lenses with Limited Vision: Shell Scenarios, Science Fiction, Storytelling Wars - David McKie with Akanksha Munshi-Kurian
8. Development Nationalism: Science, Religion and the Quest for a Modern India - Banu Subramaniam
9. What Would Rachel Say? - Joni Seager
10. Negotiating Human-Nature Boundaries, Cultural Hierarchies and Masculinist Paradigms of Development Studies - Priya A. Kurian and Debashish Munshi
11. The Intersection of Women, Culture and Development: Conversations about Visions for the Future - Take Two - Arturo Escobar and Wendy Harcourt
Visions III
Alternatives to Development: Of Love, Dreams and Revolution - John Foran
Dreams and Process in Development Theory and Practice - Light Carruyo
The Subjective Side of Development: Sources of Well-Being, Resources for Struggle - Linda Klouzal
Part III: The Cultural Politics of Representation
12. Of Rural Mothers, Urban Whores and Working Daughters: Women and the Critique of Neocolonial Development in Taiwan's Nativist Literature - Ming-yan Lai
13. Revisiting the mostaz'af and the mostakbar - Minoo Moallem
14. Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter: 'Women, Culture and Development' from a Francophone or Postcolonial Perspective - Anjali Prabhu
15. The Precarious Middle Class: Gender, Risk and Mobility in the New Indian Economy - Raka Ray
Visions IV
An Antipodean Take on Gender, Culture and Development Co-operation - Susanne Schech
On Activist Scholarship and Women, Culture and Development - Julie Shayne
Women, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Sustainable Development - Sangion Appiee Tiu
Reimagining Climate Justice: What the World Needs Now is Love, Hope ... and You - John Foran
Postscript: A Conversation about the Future of Women, Culture and Development - Kum-Kum Bhavnani, John Foran, Priya A. Kurian and Debashish Munshi
1. An Introduction to Women, Culture and Development - Kum-Kum Bhavnani, John Foran and Priya A. Kurian
Visions I
Maria's Stories - Maria Ofelia Navarrete
The Woof and the Warp - Luisa Valenzuela
Consider the Problem of Privatisation - Anna Tsing
Part I: Sexuality and the Gendered Body
2. More '"Tragedies" in Out-of-the-Way Places: Oceanic Interpretations of Another Scale' - Yvonne Underhill-Sem with Kaita Sem
3. 'Revolution with a Woman's Face'? Family Norms, Constitutional Reform, and the Politics of Redistribution in Post/Neoliberal Ecuador - Amy Lind
4. Claiming the State: Revisiting Women's Reproductive Identity in India's Development Policy - Rachel Simon-Kumar
5. Abortion and African Culture: A Case Study of Kenya - Jane Wambui Njagi
6. Bodies and Choices: African Matriarchs and Mammy Water - Ifi Amadiume
Visions II
Empowerment: Snakes and Ladders - Jan Nederveen Pieterse
Gendered Sexualities and Lived Experience: Revisiting the Case of Gay Sexuality in Women, Culture and Development - Dana Collins
Revolutionary Women's Struggle and Leadership: Building Local Political Power in Rural Areas in the Age of Neoliberal Globalization - Peter Chua
'What Should I Say about a Dream?': Reflections on Adolescent Girls, Agency and Citizenship - Gauri Nandedkar
Part II: Environment, Technology, Science
7. New Lenses with Limited Vision: Shell Scenarios, Science Fiction, Storytelling Wars - David McKie with Akanksha Munshi-Kurian
8. Development Nationalism: Science, Religion and the Quest for a Modern India - Banu Subramaniam
9. What Would Rachel Say? - Joni Seager
10. Negotiating Human-Nature Boundaries, Cultural Hierarchies and Masculinist Paradigms of Development Studies - Priya A. Kurian and Debashish Munshi
11. The Intersection of Women, Culture and Development: Conversations about Visions for the Future - Take Two - Arturo Escobar and Wendy Harcourt
Visions III
Alternatives to Development: Of Love, Dreams and Revolution - John Foran
Dreams and Process in Development Theory and Practice - Light Carruyo
The Subjective Side of Development: Sources of Well-Being, Resources for Struggle - Linda Klouzal
Part III: The Cultural Politics of Representation
12. Of Rural Mothers, Urban Whores and Working Daughters: Women and the Critique of Neocolonial Development in Taiwan's Nativist Literature - Ming-yan Lai
13. Revisiting the mostaz'af and the mostakbar - Minoo Moallem
14. Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter: 'Women, Culture and Development' from a Francophone or Postcolonial Perspective - Anjali Prabhu
15. The Precarious Middle Class: Gender, Risk and Mobility in the New Indian Economy - Raka Ray
Visions IV
An Antipodean Take on Gender, Culture and Development Co-operation - Susanne Schech
On Activist Scholarship and Women, Culture and Development - Julie Shayne
Women, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Sustainable Development - Sangion Appiee Tiu
Reimagining Climate Justice: What the World Needs Now is Love, Hope ... and You - John Foran
Postscript: A Conversation about the Future of Women, Culture and Development - Kum-Kum Bhavnani, John Foran, Priya A. Kurian and Debashish Munshi
