The rainforests are increasingly topical in today's eco-conscious society; yet people remain ignorant of the many issues hidden by the language and methods of international development policy. This volume discusses these issues and analyzes the causes and effects of such policy. Concentrating on the women pioneers of the poorer developing nations, the book employs a variety of contrasting methodologies - from life histories to questionnaire surveys - to suggest a range of answers to an increasing global concern. Focusing on the role of women in the clearing of rainforests of Central and Latin America, the authors argue for local, "grassroots" action and emphasize the need for women to play an integral role in the creation and implementation of development policy. The book provides an analysis not only of the development concerns faced by poorer nations, but also a discussion of the role that feminist theory can play in providing solutions to these economic and gender inequalities. Previous publications by Janet Townsend include "Geography of Gender in the Third World" (Hutchinson Education, 1987); and "Indigenous Peoples: A Fieldguide to Development" (OUP).

The rainforests are increasingly topical in today's eco-conscious society; yet people remain ignorant of the many issues hidden by the language and methods of international development policy. This volume discusses these issues and analyzes the causes and effects of such policy. Concentrating on the women pioneers of the poorer developing nations, the book employs a variety of contrasting methodologies - from life histories to questionnaire surveys - to suggest a range of answers to an increasing global concern. Focusing on the role of women in the clearing of rainforests of Central and Latin America, the authors argue for local, "grassroots" action and emphasize the need for women to play an integral role in the creation and implementation of development policy. The book provides an analysis not only of the development concerns faced by poorer nations, but also a discussion of the role that feminist theory can play in providing solutions to these economic and gender inequalities. Previous publications by Janet Townsend include "Geography of Gender in the Third World" (Hutchinson Education, 1987); and "Indigenous Peoples: A Fieldguide to Development" (OUP).

This study of Marcel Proust's creative imagination examines an aspect of the novel that has hitherto been largely overlooked: the author's dependence on secondary visual sources. Proust made constant use of reproductions - photographs, engravings, postcards, illustrations in books - as sources of reference and as narrative devices in their own right. Furthermore, he consistently chose to use reproductions in preference to originals, whether people, places or works of art. Bringing together for the first time a mass of factual information documenting Proust's use of second-hand images, the author argues that reproductions play a key role in the work's complex, multi-layered structure. Rather than being hampered by their limitations, Proust took advantage of their distancing effect to free his imagination and to insert new layers of meaning into his narrative.