Patrons of women : literacy projects and gender development in rural Nepal / Esther Hertzog.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hertzog, Esther.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literacy programs--Nepal.

Literacy programs.

Rural women--Nepal--Social conditions.

Rural women.

Women in rural development--Nepal.

Women in rural development.

Sex discrimination against women--Nepal.

Sex discrimination against women.

Social conditions.

Nepal.

Physical Description:

xvii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.

Summary:

In a book based on fieldwork as a gender consultant to a literacy project in rural Nepal funded by World Bank loans, Hertzog (social anthropology, Beit Berl Academic College, Israel) offers a case study and feminist critique of how such development projects meant to empower local women, actually reinforce gender stereotypes and inequality. Based on her analysis of the agency's processes, government officials' attitudes toward local people and relations with female project consultants, she argues that male- dominated aid bureaucracies reflect the gendered hierarchical structure of the larger society and primarily promote the economic agenda of local elites. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The vulnerable patron: playing the role of a foreign gender consultant

Instrumental patronage: Leon and Hanna

Marginalizing economic activities, profiting from literacy classes

The role of economic activities in negotiating consent

The seminar: the successful failure of the women's empowerment project

Gender and the phantom budget.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781845457686

1845457684

9781845459857

1845459857

OCLC:

681487361