LEADER 03202nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910151711203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-16699-9 010 $a9786613810069 010 $a1-55458-098-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000714136 035 $a(EBL)685670 035 $a(OCoLC)236359646 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000278614 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11195888 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278614 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10258928 035 $a(PQKB)11642678 035 $a(CaPaEBR)420963 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00604285 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255593 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC685670 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse14367 035 $a(PPN)238417379 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL685670 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10227065 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL381006 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000714136 100 $a20070718d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDesire for development$b[electronic resource] $ewhiteness, gender, and the helping imperative /$fBarbara Heron 210 $aWaterloo, Ont. $cWilfrid Laurier University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (202 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-55458-001-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 175-184) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aIn 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 b 606 $aEconomic development$xSocial aspects 606 $aImperialism 606 $aPower (Social sciences) 606 $aWomen in development$zDeveloping countries 606 $aWomen, White$xRace identity 606 $aWomen, White$zDeveloping countries 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEconomic development$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aImperialism. 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) 615 0$aWomen in development 615 0$aWomen, White$xRace identity. 615 0$aWomen, White 676 $a305.42096 676 $a305.48/9622 700 $aHeron$b Barbara$f1949-$0924159 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910151711203321 996 $aDesire for development$92074011 997 $aUNINA