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Gender and hunger: salvaging essential categories
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The authors examines recent debates in development discourse and their implications for analyses of gender and hunger, and concludes that traditional perspectives and the categories these employ require revision rather than rejection, and recognizes the insights that postist approaches offer, but finds that they too have dangers.Abstract:
Summary This paper examines recent debates in development discourse and their implications for analyses of gender and hunger. It recognizes the insights that postist approaches offer, but finds that they too have dangers. It concludes that traditional perspectives and the categories these employ require revision rather than rejection.read more
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