Body Politics in Development: Critical Debates in Gender and Development by Harcourt, Wendy

Body Politics in Development: Critical Debates in Gender and Development (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781842779354)

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Body Politics in Development: Critical Debates in Gender and Development by Harcourt, Wendy

Body Politics in Development: Critical Debates in Gender and Development

$32.95
Body Politics in Development: Critical Debates in Gender and Development by Harcourt, Wendy

Body Politics in Development: Critical Debates in Gender and Development

$32.95
Format: Paperback
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Body Politics in Development sets out to define body politics as a key political and mobilizing force for human rights in the last two decades. This passionate and engaging book reveals how once-tabooed issues, such as rape, gender-based violence, and sexual and reproductive rights, have emerged into the public arena as critical grounds of contention and struggle.

Engaging in the latest feminist thinking and action, the book describes the struggles around body politics for people living in economic and socially vulnerable communities and covers a broad range of gender and development issues, including fundamentalism, sexualities and new technologies, from diverse viewpoints. The book's originality comes through the author's rich experience and engagement in feminist activism and global body politics and was winner of the 2010 FWSA Book Prize.

Author: Wendy Harcourt
ISBN-10: 1842779354
ISBN-13: 9781842779354
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2009
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d
By Wendy Harcourt
By Wendy Harcourt
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Wendy Harcourt is a feminist researcher and activist working at the Society for International Development in Rome Italy as senior adviser and chief editor of the quarterly journal Development. Since 1988 she has built up the journal to be one of the most honest and critical quarterly publications on development. Born in Australia she now lives in Italy and is actively engaged in global feminist politics through her work with Women in Development Europe, European Feminist Forum and the Feminist Dialogues. Her work and commitment to global gender justice has taken her around the world teaming up with UN policy makers, research institutes, women's groups and social justice movements. She has written extensively on globalization and development from a gender perspective. Body Politics in Development is her first full-length book and won the 2010 FWSA Book Prize.
Wendy Harcourt is a feminist researcher and activist working at the Society for International Development in Rome Italy as senior adviser and chief editor of the quarterly journal Development. Since 1988 she has built up the journal to be one of the most honest and critical quarterly publications on development. Born in Australia she now lives in Italy and is actively engaged in global feminist politics through her work with Women in Development Europe, European Feminist Forum and the Feminist Dialogues. Her work and commitment to global gender justice has taken her around the world teaming up with UN policy makers, research institutes, women's groups and social justice movements. She has written extensively on globalization and development from a gender perspective. Body Politics in Development is her first full-length book and won the 2010 FWSA Book Prize.

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