{"product_id":"gender-myths-and-feminist-fables-andrea-cornwall-9781405169370","title":"Gender Myths and Feminist Fables: The Struggle for Interpretive Power in Gender and Development","description":"This collection brings together leading feminist thinkers who examine the struggles for interpretive power which underlies international development. \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrea Cornwall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1405169370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781405169370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.42w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 172","brand":"Andrea Cornwall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44064571687167,"sku":"9781405169370","price":43.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e49248e2-2018-4afd-b10f-501e9672c219.jpg?v=1685396274","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gender-myths-and-feminist-fables-andrea-cornwall-9781405169370","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}