Speaking to Power: Gender and Politics in the Western Pacific

Speaking to Power: Gender and Politics in the Western Pacific
ISBN-10
1000143341
ISBN-13
9781000143348
Category
Social Science
Pages
230
Language
English
Published
2020-08-12
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Lynn Wilson

Description

For nearly fifty years, US government officials have identified Belau, in western Micronesia, as a key strategic site and have implemented administrative policies designed to maintain permanent access to Belau's land, reefs and waters for military purposes. Elder women placed themselves at the forefront of opposition to these policies, and, as part of oppositional efforts, successfully entered international political arenas. Speaking to Power moves beyond examining the impact of militarism and colonial administrative policy in Belau and draws on feminist poststructural analysis to explore the fluidity of contests in constructions of "gender," "politics," and "tradition" during US administration in Belau.

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