"Where the knots of narrative are tied and Untied": The dialogic production of gendered development spaces in North India

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 613-634

  O'Reilly, Kathleen ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bakhtin; Development; Gender; India; Space

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; WATER SUPPLY; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34648852326     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2007.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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