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Women and the politics of place

Title
  1. Women and the politics of place / edited by Wendy Harcourt and Arturo Escobar.
Published by
  1. Bloomfield, CT : Kumarian Press, ©2005.

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Additional authors
  1. Harcourt, Wendy, 1959-
  2. Escobar, Arturo, 1951-
Description
  1. xiii, 288 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  1. "This book analyzes the mobilization of women's economic and social justice movements by challenging traditional views"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  1. Women > Political activity
  2. Women in development
  3. Human body > Social aspects
  4. Place (Philosophy)
  5. Marginality, Social
  6. Social movements
  7. Women > Social conditions
  8. social movements
  9. Globalisierung
  10. Soziale Bewegung
  11. Frau
  12. Politik
  13. Regionale Identität
  14. Frau
  15. Politik
  16. Entwicklungsländer
  17. Entwicklungsländer
Contents
  1. Practices of difference : introducing "women and the politics of place" / Arturo Escobar and Wendy Harcourt -- Bodies in places, places in bodies / Yvonne Underhill-Sem -- The body politic in global development discourse : a women and politics of place perspective / Wendy Harcourt -- Transforming passion, politics, and pain / in dialogue with Fatma Alloo -- Politics of place and women's rights in Pakistan / in dialogue with Khawar Mumtaz -- Political landscapes and ecologies of Zambrana-Chacuey : the legacy of Mama Tingo / Dianne Rocheleau -- Domesticating the neo-liberal city : invisible genders and the politics of place / Gerda R. Wekerle -- Women and the defence of place in Colombian Black movement struggles / Libia Grueso and Leyla Andrea Arroyo -- Women displaced : democracy, development and identity in India / in dialogue with Smitu Kothari -- Building community economies : women and the politics of place / J.K. Gibson-Graham -- Place-based politics and the meaning of diverse economies for women and young people in rural Finland / Liisa Horelli -- Place-based globalism : locating women in the alternative globalization movement / Michal Osterweil -- Zapatista women : place-based struggles and the search for autonomy / Marisa Belausteguigoitia -- Out of the shadows : listening to place-based narratives of Palestinian women / Randa Farah -- Still challenging place : sex, money and agency in women's migrations / Laura M. Agustín -- Politics of place in multilevel games : Arab women acting or reacting? / Lamis A.M. al-Shejni.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.