{"product_id":"feminist-futures-reimagining-women-culture-and-development-9781783606399","title":"Feminist Futures: Reimagining Women, Culture and Development","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStraddling disciplines and continents, \u003ci\u003eFeminist Futures\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReadable and well written ... especially valuable in the classroom. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e[A] valuable and often challenging volume, a winding river that yields nuggets of gold. * Gender and Development *\u003cbr\u003eWhile 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 *\u003cbr\u003eProvides 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 *\u003cbr\u003eA 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) *\u003cbr\u003eA 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface 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 \u003ci\u003emostaz’af\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003emostakbar\u003c\/i\u003e - Minoo Moallem    14. Mariama Bâ’s \u003ci\u003eSo Long a Letter\u003c\/i\u003e: ‘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","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771493679447,"sku":"9781783606399","price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781783606399.jpg?v=1758728044","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/feminist-futures-reimagining-women-culture-and-development-9781783606399","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}