Gender, Identity, and Imperialism Women Development Workers in Pakistan [Hardcover]

An ethnographic study showing how Western women living in Pakistan as international development workers constructed new identities in a Muslim community. Cook shows how these transnational migrants both perpetuate and resist unequal global power relations in everyday life, tracing the legacy of this from the colonial period to the present.Introduction: Points of Arrival and Departure Bazaar Situations Vulnerable and Spatialising Subjects Free Travellers and Developers Navigating Boundaries Another One in the Oven Conclusion: Ruptures and Recuperations?

An enjoyable and insightful read with a strong, interesting narrative. Cook provides a well-researched ethnographic study that centers on issues of migration, ethnicity and racial identity, and assimilation. - Nupur Chaudhuri, Texas Southern University

An ethnographic study showing how Western women living in Pakistan as international development workers built new identities. - The Times Higher Education Supplement

NANCY COOK is Assistant Professor of Sociology, Brock University, USA. She is a faculty member of the interdisciplinary graduate programme in Globalization at McMaster University, USA.