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Chinese Women Organizing: Cadres, Feminists, Muslims, Queers - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women 1st edition
Ping-chun Hsiung
Chinese Women Organizing: Cadres, Feminists, Muslims, Queers - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women 1st edition
Ping-chun Hsiung
In the process of helping women to help themselves, female activists have assumed a decisive role in negotiating social and political transformations in Chinese society.
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes: "This book breaks new ground in that it gives voice both to academics engaged in Chinese women's studies from both China and the West, and to activists working in Chinese NGOs. Very little has been published in English on the non-state women's movement in China, its strategies, activities and divisions, so this book usefully fills an obvious gap." --Delia Davin, University of Leeds"A substantial addition to the burgeoning scholarship on the new wave of women's organising in China, offering a more comprehensive treatment of the topic than available in English until now." -"Intersections""The standard is high and the translators and editors have done an excellent job." --"Chinese Women Organizing "Biographical Note: Edited by Ping-Chun Hsiung, Associate Professor, University of Toronto and Maria Jaschok, Research Associate, Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women, University of Oxford Cecilia Milwertz Research Fellow, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.
Contributor Bio: Hsiung, Ping-Chun Ping Chun Hsiung is Associate Professor, University of Toronto. Contributor Bio: Jaschok, Maria Maria Jaschok is Research Associate at the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women, University of Oxford.
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | November 1, 2001 |
ISBN13 | 9781859735367 |
Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Genre | Cultural Region > Chinese |
Pages | 356 |
Dimensions | 138 × 216 × 18 mm · 610 g |
Language | English |
Editor | Hsiung, Ping-Chun |
Editor | Jaschok, Maria (University of Oxford, U.K.) |
Editor | Milwertz, Cecilia |
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