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Struggling with Development is a study of the complex relationships
among international development, hunger, and gender in the context
of political violence in the Philippines. This ethnography
demonstrates that gender-specific international development, which
has among its main goals the alleviation of hunger in women and
children and the raising
"Struggling with Development" is a study of the complex
relationships among international development, hunger, and gender
in the context of political violence in the Philippines. This
ethnography demonstrates that gender-specific international
development, which has among its main goals the alleviation of
hunger in women and children and the raising of women's social
position, has instead perpetuated the problems of hunger and gender
inequality in societies.This ethnographic study of upland Ifugao
social and cultural life in the Philippines portrays how Ifugao
women's unequal relationship to men has been perpetuated by
international development programs largely because development
personnel tend to ignore ongoing processes of social inequality
operating within local communities and between nations.
International development programs leave local forms of inequality
unchanged and sometimes increase social inequality despite their
efforts to improve women's and children's social position and
nutritional status. Examples and analyses of how local forms of
inequality are ignored by international development programs are
provided in the text. This book questions the international "women
in development" thrust of some feminist and development
scholarships and organizations.Lynn Kwiatkowski also demonstrates
how health care has been used in a variety of ways by different
groups to serve ends other than the reduction of hunger or illness,
including religious healing and military and revolutionary healing
generated during the internal political conflict in the
Philippines. "Struggling with Development" will be useful for
advanced courses in medical anthropology and sociology, gender
studies, development studies, and Asian studies.
Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence: Global Responses,
Local Practices addresses the gaps in theory, methods, and
practices that are currently used to engage the problem of
gender-based violence. This book complements the work carried out
in the legal, human services, and health fields by demonstrating
how a focus on local issues and responses can better inform a
collaborative global response to the problem of gender-based
violence. With chapters covering Africa, Asia, Latin and North
America, and Oceania, the volume illustrates the various ways
scholars, practitioners, frontline workers, and policy makers can
work together to end violence in their local communities. The
chapters in this volume provide ample evidence that top-down
responses to violence have been inadequate, and that solutions are
available when the local historical, political, and social context
is taken into consideration. Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based
Violence contains useful insights that, when combined with the
efforts of other disciplines, offer solutions to the problem of
gender-based violence.
Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence: Global Responses,
Local Practices addresses the gaps in theory, methods, and
practices that are currently used to engage the problem of
gender-based violence. This book complements the work carried out
in the legal, social work, and medical fields by demonstrating how
a focus on local issues and local responses can better inform a
collaborative global response to the problem of gender-based
violence. With chapters covering Africa, Asia, Latin and North
America, and Oceania, it provides ample evidence that richly
textured and qualitatively informed research can illuminate work
that is more quantitative in scope. The volume illustrates the
various ways scholars, practitioners, frontline workers, and policy
makers can work together to end forms of violence in their local
communities. The chapters in this volume demonstrate that the ways
top-down responses to violence have been inadequate, and that
solutions are available when the local historical, political, and
social context is taken into consideration. Applying Anthropology
to Gender-Based Violence contains useful insights that, when
combined with the efforts of other disciplines, offer solutions to
the problem of gender-based violence.
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