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Development with a Body
Andrea Cornwall
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Description for Development with a Body
Hardcover. Offers insights into contemporary challenges and transformative possibilities of the struggle for sexual rights. This book combines the conceptual with the political, and offering examples of practical interventions and campaigns that emphasize the positive dimensions of sexuality. Editor(s): Jolly, Susie. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPVH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 135. Weight in Grams: 440.
'We used to talk about development with a human face. We should be talking about development with a body' Arit Oku-Egbas, African Regional Sexuality Resource Centre, Nigeria Sex and sexuality have always had a place at the heart of the development agenda - from concerns regarding population and environment, to practices in education and efforts for protecting reproductive health and rights. Yet this agenda has largely focused on negative dimensions of sexuality - disease, risk, violation - rather than positive aspects, including rights to sexual fulfillment, wellbeing and pleasure. The shift towards a rights-based approach to development has brought ... Read more
'We used to talk about development with a human face. We should be talking about development with a body' Arit Oku-Egbas, African Regional Sexuality Resource Centre, Nigeria Sex and sexuality have always had a place at the heart of the development agenda - from concerns regarding population and environment, to practices in education and efforts for protecting reproductive health and rights. Yet this agenda has largely focused on negative dimensions of sexuality - disease, risk, violation - rather than positive aspects, including rights to sexual fulfillment, wellbeing and pleasure. The shift towards a rights-based approach to development has brought ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842778906
SKU
V9781842778906
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Ref
99-5
About Andrea Cornwall
Andrea Cornwall is a Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. Sonia Corrêa is Research associate at ABIA - Brazilian Interdisciplinary Association for AIDS, DAWN Coordinator for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights research and analysis and Co-chair of Sexuality Policy Watch. Susie Jolly is Gender Communications Officer at BRIDGE, at the Institute ... Read more
Reviews for Development with a Body
'This anthology is a must read for all development practitioners frustrated by strategies that are grossly out of touch with the realities of the masses; it is for those that wish to "be real" and relevant to those they are supposed to work for. Its wide range and depth of analysis is guaranteed to jumpstart a stimulating debate even ... Read more