Just Advocacy? Women's Human Rights, Transnational Feminism, and the Politics of Representation |
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Editor:
| Hesford, Wendy S. Kozol, Wendy |
Contribution by:
| Hesford, Wendy S. Fernandes, Leela Smith, Sidonie Farrell, Amy McDermott, Patrice Koshy, Susan Gilmore, Leigh Lyon, Arabella Raimondo, Meredith Fonow, Mary Margaret Blackmore, Jill Sunder, Madhavi |
ISBN: | 978-0-8135-3589-0 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2005 |
Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $40.95 |
Book Description:
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Bringing together some of the most respected scholars in the field, including Inderpal Grewal, Leela Fernandes, Leigh Gilmore, Susan Koshy, Patrice McDermott, and Sidonie Smith, Just Advocacy? sheds light on the often overlooked ways that women and children are further subjugated when political or humanitarian groups represent them solely as victims and portray the individuals that are helping them as paternal saviors.
Bringing together some of the most respected scholars in the field, including Inderpal Grewal, Leela Fernandes, Leigh Gilmore, Susan Koshy, Patrice McDermott, and Sidonie Smith, Just Advocacy? sheds light on the often overlooked ways that women and children are further subjugated when political or humanitarian groups represent them solely as victims and portray the individuals that are helping them as paternal saviors.