Dilemmas of Difference
Indigenous Women and the Limits of Postcolonial Development Policy
1st Edition
Published on 23. October 2015
384 pages
978-0-8223-7502-9 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork and postcolonial theory, Sarah A. Radcliffe centers the experiences of rural indigenous women in Ecuador to show how the efforts of development agencies to reduce social and economic equality fail because they do not reckon with the legacies of colonialism.
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Indigenous Women and the Limits of Postcolonial Development Policy
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Dilemmas of Difference
Indigenous Women and the Limits of Postcolonial Development Policy
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Duke University Press
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Sarah A. Radcliffe is Professor of Latin American Geography at the University of Cambridge and coauthor of Indigenous Development in the Andes: Culture, Power, and Transnationalism, also published by Duke University Press.
Content
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Development and Social Heterogeneity 1
1. Postcolonial Intersectionality and the Colonial Present 37
2. The Daily Grind: Ethnic Topographies of Labor, Racism, and Abandonment 75
Interlude I 121
3. Crumbs from the Table: Participation, Organization, and Indigenous Women 125
4. Politics, Statistics, and Affect: "Indigenous Women in Development" Policy 157
Interlude II 189
5. Women, Biopolitics, and Interculturalism: Ethnic Politics and Gendered Contradictions 193
6. From Development to Citizenship: Rights, Voice, and Citizenship Practices 225
7. Postcolonial Heterogeneity: Sumak Kawsay and Decolonizing Social Difference 257
Notes 291
Glossary 295
Bibliography 329
Index 359
Introduction. Development and Social Heterogeneity 1
1. Postcolonial Intersectionality and the Colonial Present 37
2. The Daily Grind: Ethnic Topographies of Labor, Racism, and Abandonment 75
Interlude I 121
3. Crumbs from the Table: Participation, Organization, and Indigenous Women 125
4. Politics, Statistics, and Affect: "Indigenous Women in Development" Policy 157
Interlude II 189
5. Women, Biopolitics, and Interculturalism: Ethnic Politics and Gendered Contradictions 193
6. From Development to Citizenship: Rights, Voice, and Citizenship Practices 225
7. Postcolonial Heterogeneity: Sumak Kawsay and Decolonizing Social Difference 257
Notes 291
Glossary 295
Bibliography 329
Index 359
