Body politics in development : critical debates in gender and development /

Body Politics in Development sets out to define body politics as a key political and mobilizing force for human rights in the last two decades. This passionate and engaging book reveals how once-tabooed issues, such as rape, gender-based violence, and sexual and reproductive rights, have emerged int...

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Main Author: Harcourt, Wendy, 1959- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: London, England : Zed Books, 2009.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Body Politics in Development sets out to define body politics as a key political and mobilizing force for human rights in the last two decades. This passionate and engaging book reveals how once-tabooed issues, such as rape, gender-based violence, and sexual and reproductive rights, have emerged into the public arena as critical grounds of contention and struggle.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 226 pages) : illustrations.
Also published in printing.
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-219) and index.
ISBN:9781350218710
DOI:10.5040/9781350218710
Access:Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers.