• ISBN13: 9789385932168
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Zubaan
• Publisher Imprint: Zubaan
• Publication Date: May 12, 2016
• Pages: 314
• Original Price: INR 795.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 454 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Women's Studies

About the Book Feminist Subversion and Complicity brings together contributions from women in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and India who, while working at diverse kinds of institutions, are all closely involved in the intersection of development policy and gender. They offer critical feminist perspectives on governmental education and health projects, as well as legal reforms in these regions.

As a whole, the essays reveal that, in general, feminist politics are not merely assimilated into governmental projects, but as part of the process of assimilation, they often serve as a subversive interruption, destabilizing and contesting orthodox meanings and assumptions.

Mukhopadhyay, Maitrayee: - Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay works at the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam, where she founded the gender and development team. She is a feminist activist and researcher who has worked in international development for over thirty years. A PhD in social anthropology from the University of Sussex, she has been involved in teaching, training, researching, and providing advice on gender and development to institutions in the field. Previously, she was visiting professor on gender and development at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. Mukhopadhyay has several publications, many of which have been collaborative efforts to generate feminist knowledge with others working in the field of development.