LEADER 03569nam 2200877Ia 450 001 9910972239903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613810069 010 $a9781282166998 010 $a1282166999 010 $a9781554580989 010 $a1554580986 024 7 $a10.51644/9781554580989 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(MdBmJHUP)muse14367 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL685670 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10227065 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL381006 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/z6p4pf 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/7/420963 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC685670 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255593 035 $a(PPN)238417379 035 $a(DE-B1597)667866 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781554580989 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88870251 035 $a(FRCYB88870251)88870251 035 $a(Perlego)1706399 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 $ewhiteness, gender, and the helping imperative /$fBarbara Heron 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWaterloo, Ont. $cWilfrid Laurier University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (202 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781554580019 311 08$a1554580013 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 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-$01798998 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972239903321 996 $aDesire for development$94342073 997 $aUNINA