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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480400403321

Autore

Ferree Myra Marx

Titolo

Global Feminism [[electronic resource] ] : Transnational Women's Activism, Organizing, and Human Rights

Pubbl/distr/stampa

NYU Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8147-2794-8

1-4798-6175-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Disciplina

305.42

Soggetti

Feminism - International cooperation

Feminism

Transnationalism

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Gender Studies & Sexuality

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Part I Recognizing Transnational Feminism""; ""1 Globalization and Feminism""; ""2 Unlikely Godmother""; ""3 The Evolution of Transnational Feminisms""; ""Part II Local Experiences""; ""4 Turkey�s Modern Paradoxes""; ""5 Working Women of the World Unite?""; ""6 Women�s Organizing in Post-Yugoslav Countries""; ""7 Women as Agents for Development""; ""Part III Activism in Transnational Space""; ""8 Regional Women�s Activism""; ""9 Measuring Feminist Mobilization""

""10 Transnational Feminist NGOs on the Web""""Part IV Conclusions""; ""11 Human/Women�s Rights and Feminist""; ""12 Challenges in Transnational""; ""About the Contributors""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Increasingly feminists around the world have successfully campaigned for recognition of women's full personhood and empowerment. Global Feminism explores the social and political developments that have energized this movement. Drawn from an international group of



scholars and activists, the authors of these original essays assess both the opportunities that transnationalism has created and the tensions it has inadvertently fostered. By focusing on both the local and global struggles of today's feminist activists this important volume reveals much about women's changing rights, treatment and i