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LEADER: 02166cam a22003258a 4500
001 2007020721
003 DLC
005 20100216100126.0
008 070517s2007 nyu b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2007020721
020 $a140397991X (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $aa-pk---
050 00 $aHQ1745.5$b.C67 2007
082 00 $a305.4095491$222
100 1 $aCook, Nancy,$d1961-
245 10 $aGender, identity, and imperialism :$bwomen development workers in Pakistan /$cby Nancy Cook.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2007.
263 $a0712
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aIntroduction : points of arrival and departure. Parameters of study. Tracking the text -- Bazaar situations. Cited transcultural interactions. Exploration sites. Post-partition travel sightings. Tourist sights. Development sites. Home sites. Historic citings -- Vulnerable and spatializing subjects. Constructing the danger. Vulnerable subjects in Gilgit. Spatializing subjects. A vulnerable imperial logic? -- "Free" travelers and developers navigating boundaries. Why do they come to Gilgit? Free selves/subjugated others. What to wear, what to wear? Working women. Free or not? Why did they come? -- Another one in the oven. The cult of domesticity. Constructing a haven. The power of the cult of domesticity. Achieving home and self. Governing the haven. Managing servants. Managing western families. Domestic governance and spatial (re)organization -- Conclusion : ruptures and recuperations? Epilogue. Agency speculations.
650 0 $aWomen$zPakistan$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aMuslim women$zPakistan$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aVisitors, Foreign$zPakistan.
650 0 $aWomen in development$zPakistan.
650 0 $aSex discrimination against women$zPakistan.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0718/2007020721.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2007020721-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2007020721-d.html