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Educating activists : development and gender in the making of modern Gandhians / Rebecca M. Klenk.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Klenk, Rebecca M, 1963-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Rural women--Himalaya Mountains Region.
Rural women.
Women in development--Himalaya Mountains Region.
Women in development.
Sustainable development--Himalaya Mountains Region.
Sustainable development.
Equality--Himalaya Mountains Region.
Equality.
Sex discrimination against women--Himalaya Mountains Region.
Sex discrimination against women.
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948--Political and social views.
Gandhi.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (264 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This accessible, richly textured ethnography illuminates the cultural shaping of development and modernity in the context of a remarkable Gandhian program for women and girls that, since 1946, has engaged with issues of sustainability, gender equity, and poverty in Himalayan India. It blends memories, stories and historical research to analyze how rural women have drawn inspiration, in sometimes surprising ways, from Gandhi, as they have sought to confront new environmental and social challenges.
Contents:
pt. 1. Developed women
pt. 2. Sarala Devi's daughters
pt. 3. Development, place, and possible futures.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
ISBN:
979-82-16-32187-3
1-283-16338-1
9786613163387
0-7391-3737-9
OCLC:
741492721

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