{"product_id":"gender-myths-and-feminist-fables-the-struggle-for-interpretive-power-in-gender-and-development-paperback","title":"Gender Myths and Feminist Fables: The Struggle for Interpretive Power in Gender and Development - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrea Cornwall\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAnn Whitehead\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection brings together leading feminist thinkers who examine the struggles for interpretive power which underlies international development. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eQuestions why the insights from years of feminist gender and development research are so often turned into 'gender myths' and 'feminist fables' women are more likely to care for the environment; are better at working together; are less corrupt; have a seemingly infinite capacity to survive\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores how bowdlerized and impoverished representations of gender relations have simultaneously come to be embedded in development policy and practice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraces the ways in which language and images of development are related to practice and provides a nuanced account of the politics of knowledge production\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that struggles for interpretive power are not only important for our own sake, but also for the implications they have for women's lives worldwide\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn informed analysis of how 'gender' has been transformed in its transfer into development policy and how many authors are now revisiting and reflecting on their earlier work\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the last 30 years, 'gender' has gained both official status within development institutions and become a recognised field of research and scholarly enquiry. This book explores how bowdlerised and impoverished representations of gender relations have simultaneously come to be embedded in development policy and practice. 'Gender myths' and 'feminist fables' abound: women are more likely to care for the environment; are better at working together; are less corrupt; have a seemingly infinite capacity to survive. In tracing the ways in which language and images of development are related to practice, the papers in this collection provide a nuanced account of the politics of knowledge production. They also interrogate the implications for feminist engagement with development, arguing that struggles for interpretive power are not only important for their own sake, but also for the implications they have for women's lives worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Cornwall\u003c\/b\u003e is a Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, where she works on the politics of participation, sexualities and development, masculinities and women's empowerment. She is Director of the DFID-funded Research Programme Consortium Pathways of Women's Empowerment. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Elizabeth Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e is an anthropologist at the University of Sussex. Her work has been broadly within the anthropology of development, with a particular interest in institutional dynamics and in the deployment of policies for gender justice. She has conducted research primarily in sub-Saharan Africa and, more recently, in Europe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ann Whitehead\u003c\/b\u003e teaches anthropology and gender and development at the University of Sussex. She has written extensively within the fields of gender and development, feminist anthropology and the anthropology of rural Ghana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 9.03 x 6.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42169907183751,"sku":"9781405169370","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3f283fefbac61ce09a2a2e42b04956b3.webp?v=1733344452","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/gender-myths-and-feminist-fables-the-struggle-for-interpretive-power-in-gender-and-development-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}