On the Edges of Development : Cultural Interventions,9780203880449

On the Edges of Development : Cultural Interventions

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ISBN13: 9780203880449
ISBN10: 0203880447
Pub. Date: 2009-03-09
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
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Table of Contents

Introduction: From the Edges of Development
Refusing Representations of Development
October 17, 1961
Ode to "Quasheba": Resistance Rituals Among Higgler Women in Jamaica
Plural Economies and the Conditions for Refusal: Gendered Developments in Bangkok
Dancing on the Edge: Women, Culture, and a Passion for Change
Resisting Westernity and Refusing Development
Emergent Discourses of Development
From Roosevelt in Germany to Bush in Iraq: Development's Discourse of Liberation, Democracy, and Free Trade
Migrants, Genes, and Socio-Scientific Phobias: Charting the Fear of the "Third World" Tag in Discourses of Development in New Zealand
OFW Tales, or Globalization Discourses and Development
Erratic Hopes and Inconsistent Expectations for Mexican Rural Women: A Critique of Economic Thinking on Alternatives to Poverty
From Old to New Political Cultures of Opposition: Radical Social Change in an Era of Globalization
Fictions of Development
Mama Benz and the Taste of Money: A Critical View of a "Homespun" Rags-to-Riches Story of Post-Independence Africa
History, Development, and Transformation in Paule Marshall's The Chosen Place, The Timeless People: A Conversation Among Students of Development
Urduja through the Looking Glass: A Response to Colonial Trauma
Fictions of (Under)Development: Hunger Artists in the Global Economy
Afterword
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