The Daughters of Development: Women in a Changing Environment, Vol. 1
This is a powerful feminist critique of the 'Western' concept of development. It is also an attempt to rediscover and rehabilitate traditional indigenous knowledge as an important basis for empowering women and re-establishing the foundation of reciprocity in North-South dialogue.\ The author looks at the wreckage "progress" has wreaked on the lives of Thai sex workers and of indigenous peoples globally and contrasts this with a portrait - in words and pictures - of her own "undeveloped"...
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This book is a powerful feminist critique of the 'Western' concept of development Booknews A feminist critique of the Western concept of development that looks to traditional indigenous knowledge as a means of empowering women and reestablishing the foundation of reciprocity in North-South dialogue. The author contrasts the lives of Thai sex workers and other beneficiaries of progress with a portrait (in words and pictures) of her own "undeveloped" mother. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
AcknowledgementsPrefaceForeword1What Does 'Development' Mean to Me?12What Does 'Development' Mean to Them?73What Does 'Development' Mean to Her?214What Does 'Development' Mean to Us?795What Does 'Development' Mean to My Mother?1156What Does 'Development' Mean to Me?137Bibliography143Index149
\ BooknewsA feminist critique of the Western concept of development that looks to traditional indigenous knowledge as a means of empowering women and reestablishing the foundation of reciprocity in North-South dialogue. The author contrasts the lives of Thai sex workers and other beneficiaries of progress with a portrait (in words and pictures) of her own "undeveloped" mother. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
