Elora Halim Chowdhury 
Transnationalism Reversed [EPUB ebook] 
Women Organizing against Gendered Violence in Bangladesh

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Winner of the 2012 Gloria E. Anzaldua Book Prize presented by the National Women’s Studies Association
Acid attacks against women and girls have captured the attention of the global media, with several high-profile reports ranging from the BBC to
The Oprah Winfrey Show. In Bangladesh, reasons for the attacks include women’s rejection of sexual advances from men, refusal of marriage proposals, family or land disputes, and unmet dowry demands. The consequences are multiple: permanent marks on the body, disfiguration, and potential blindness. In
Transnationalism Reversed, Elora Halim Chowdhury explores the complicated terrain of women’s transnational antiviolence organizing by focusing on the work done in Bangladesh around acid attacks—and the ways in which the state, international agencies, local expatriates, US media, Bangladeshi immigrants in the United States, survivor-activists, and local women’s organizations engage the pragmatics and the transnational rhetoric of empowerment, rescue, and rehabilitation. Grounded in careful ethnographic work, oral history, and theoretical and filmic analysis,
Transnationalism Reversed makes a significant contribution to conversations around gendered violence, transnational feminist praxis, and the politics of organizing—particularly around NGOs—in the global South.

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Acknowledgments
Prologue
Introduction
1. Feminist Negotiations: Contesting Narratives of the Campaign Against Acid Violence in Bangladesh
2. Local Realities of Acid Violence in Bangladesh
3. From Dhaka to Cincinnati: Charting Transnational Narratives of Trauma, Victimization, and Survival
4. Feminism and Its Other: Representing the “New Woman” of Bangladesh
5. Transnational Challenges: Engaging Religion, Development, and Women’s Organizing in Bangladesh
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Bibliography
Index

Sobre el autor

Elora Halim Chowdhury is Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

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Idioma Inglés ● Formato EPUB ● Páginas 242 ● ISBN 9781438437538 ● Tamaño de archivo 0.8 MB ● Editorial State University of New York Press ● Publicado 2011 ● Descargable 24 meses ● Divisa EUR ● ID 7657876 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM
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