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Women and the politics of place

Title

Women and the politics of place / edited by Wendy Harcourt and Arturo Escobar.

Format

Book

Published

Bloomfield, CT : Kumarian Press, c2005.

Description

xiii, 288 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

URL

<Table of contents> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005018016.html

Other contributors

Harcourt, Wendy, 1959- Escobar, Arturo, 1951-

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-271) and index.

Contents

• 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.

Summary

"This book analyzes the mobilization of women's economic and social justice movements by challenging traditional views"--Provided by publisher.

Subject headings

Women--Political activity Women in development. Human body--Social aspects Place (Philosophy) Marginality, Social. Social movements. Women--Social conditions.

ISBN

1565492072 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781565492073 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1565492080 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781565492080 (hardcover : alk. paper)