03823oam 2200733I 450 991045824050332120200520144314.01-136-96800-81-282-62947-697866126294710-203-85123-410.4324/9780203851234 (CKB)2560000000011489(EBL)537871(OCoLC)642661768(SSID)ssj0000444888(PQKBManifestationID)12211066(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000444888(PQKBWorkID)10481296(PQKB)10680235(SSID)ssj0000431355(PQKBManifestationID)12167023(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431355(PQKBWorkID)10457177(PQKB)11224191(MiAaPQ)EBC537871(Au-PeEL)EBL537871(CaPaEBR)ebr10394413(CaONFJC)MIL262947(OCoLC)645236440(EXLCZ)99256000000001148920180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWomen's movements in Asia feminisms and transnational activism /edited by Mina Roces and Louise EdwardsAbingdon, Oxon ;New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (287 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-48703-X 0-415-48702-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1 Asian feminisms: Women's movements from the Asian perspective; 2 Feminism and the women's movement in the world's largest Islamic nation; 3 Rethinking 'the Filipino woman': A century of women's activism in the Philippines, 1905-2006; 4 Chinese feminism in a transnational frame: Between internationalism and xenophobia; 5 Transnational networks and localized campaigns: The women's movement in Singapore; 6 Crossing boundaries: Transnational feminisms in twentieth-century Japan7 Feminism, Buddhism and transnational women's movements in Thailand8 Following the trail of the fairy-bird: The search for a uniquely Vietnamese women's movement; 9 The Hong Kong women's movement: Towards a politics of difference and diversity; 10 Military rule, religious fundamentalism, women's empowerment and feminism in Pakistan; 11 Mapping a hundred years of activism: Women's movements in Korea; 12 'Riding a buffalo to cross a muddy field': Heuristic approaches to feminism in Cambodia; 13 Rights talk and the feminist movement in India; IndexWomen's Movements in Asia is a comprehensive study of women's activism across Asia. With chapters written by leading international experts, it provides a full overview of the history of feminism, as well as the current context of the women's movement in 12 countries: the Philippines, China, Indonesia, Japan, Burma, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Korea, India and Pakistan. For each of these countries the manner in which feminism changes according to cultural, political, economic and religious factors is explored. The contributors investigate how FeminismAsiaWomenPolitical activityAsiaTransnationalismElectronic books.FeminismWomenPolitical activityTransnationalism.305.42095Edwards Louise P640375Roces Mina1959-848158MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458240503321Women's movements in Asia1894255UNINA