Gender, Identity, and Imperialism

Gender, Identity, and Imperialism
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 239
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ISBN-10 : 9780230610019
ISBN-13 : 0230610013
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Book Synopsis Gender, Identity, and Imperialism by : N. Cook

Download or read book Gender, Identity, and Imperialism written by N. Cook and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-12-09 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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