03202nam 2200745Ia 450 991015171120332120200520144314.01-282-16699-997866138100691-55458-098-6(CKB)1000000000714136(EBL)685670(OCoLC)236359646(SSID)ssj0000278614(PQKBManifestationID)11195888(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278614(PQKBWorkID)10258928(PQKB)11642678(CaPaEBR)420963(CaBNvSL)thg00604285 (MiAaPQ)EBC3255593(MiAaPQ)EBC685670(MdBmJHUP)muse14367(PPN)238417379(Au-PeEL)EBL685670(CaPaEBR)ebr10227065(CaONFJC)MIL381006(EXLCZ)99100000000071413620070718d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDesire for development[electronic resource] whiteness, gender, and the helping imperative /Barbara HeronWaterloo, Ont. Wilfrid Laurier University Press20071 online resource (202 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-55458-001-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-184) and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Challenging the Development Work(er) Narrative; 2. Where Do Development Workers Really Come From?; 3. Development Is ... a Relational Experience; 4. Negotiating Subject Positions, Constituting Selves; 5. Participants' Retrospectives: Complicating Desire; 6. Summing Up, Drawing Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIn Desire for Development: Whiteness, Gender, and the Helping Imperative, Barbara Heron draws on poststructuralist notions of subjectivity, critical race and space theory, feminism, colonial and postcolonial studies, and travel writing to trace colonial continuities in the post-development recollections of white Canadian women who have worked in Africa. Following the narrative arc of the development worker story from the decision to go overseas, through the experiences abroad, the return home, and final reflections, the book interweaves theory with the words of the participants to bEconomic developmentSocial aspectsImperialismPower (Social sciences)Women in developmentDeveloping countriesWomen, WhiteRace identityWomen, WhiteDeveloping countriesElectronic books.Economic developmentSocial aspects.Imperialism.Power (Social sciences)Women in developmentWomen, WhiteRace identity.Women, White305.42096305.48/9622Heron Barbara1949-924159MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910151711203321Desire for development2074011UNINA