Women's Movements in Asia: Feminisms and Transnational Activism

ISBN-13: 9780415487023 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 288 str.

Mina Roces;Louise Edwards

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Women's Movements in Asia is the first comprehensive study of women’s activism across Asia. With chapters written by leading international experts, it provides a full historical overview of the history of feminism, as well as the current context of the women’s movement, in 14 countries: the Philippines, China, Indonesia, Japan, Burma, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Korea, India and Pakistan.

For each of these countries the book explores the manner in which feminism changes according to cultural, political, economic and religious factors. Each chapter also investigates how national feminisms are influenced by transnational factors, such as the women’s movements in other countries, colonialism and international agencies.

The volume also considers what Asian feminists have contributed to global theoretical debates on the woman question, the key successes and failures of the movements and what still needs to be addressed in the future.

This breadth of coverage, together with suggestions for further reading and watching, and an integrated cross-national timeline makes Women's Movements in Asia perfect for use on courses looking at women and feminism in Asia. It will appeal both to students and specialists in the fields of gender, women’s and Asian studies.

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1. Introduction: Women’s Movements from the Asian Perspective Mina Roces  2. Feminism and the Women’s Movement in the World’s Largest Islamic Nation Sue Blackburn  3. Rethinking ‘the Filipino Woman’: A Century of Women’s Activism in the Philippines Mina Roces  4. Chinese Feminism in a Transnational Frame: Between Internationalism and Xenophobia Louise Edwards  5. Transnational Networks and Localized Campaigns: The Women’s Movement in Singapore Lenore Lyons  6. Crossing Boundaries: Transnational Feminisms in Twentieth Century Japan Barbara Molony  7. Feminism, Buddhism and Transnational Women’s Movements in Thailand Monica Lindberg Falk  8. Following the Trail of the Fairy-Bird: The Search for a Uniquely Vietnamese Women’s Movement Alessandra Chiricosta  9. The Hong Kong Women’s Movement: Towards a Politics of Difference and Diversity Adelyn Lim  10. Military Rule, Religious Fundamentalism, Women Empowerment and Feminism in Pakistan Andrea Fleschenberg  11. Mapping a Hundred Years of Activism: Women’s Movements in Korea Seung-kyung Kim and Kyounghee Kim  12. ‘Riding a Buffalo Across a Muddy Field’: Heuristic Approaches to Feminism in Cambodia Trudy Jacobsen  13. Rights Talk and the Feminist Movement in India Sumi Madhok