LEADER 04091oam 2200781I 450 001 9910451782803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-415-47983-5 010 $a1-136-78271-0 010 $a0-203-00337-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203003374 035 $a(CKB)1000000000459260 035 $a(EBL)1924446 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000273485 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11195117 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273485 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10313313 035 $a(PQKB)11611211 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1924446 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1924446 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11005880 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL691677 035 $a(OCoLC)904407240 035 $a(OCoLC)63109589 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000459260 100 $a20180706d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWomen, activism, and social change /$fedited by Maja Mikula 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge research in gender and society ;$v11 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-60395-2 311 $a0-415-35738-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Patriarchy and resistance in Singapore; 2 Bourgeois women and communist revolutionaries? De-revolutionizing the Chinese women's suffrage movement; 3 Activities of the Japanese Patriotic Ladies' Association (Aikoku Fujinkai); 4 'I spit on your stone': national identity, Women Against Rape and the cult of Anzac in Australia; 5 Embrace or resist: women and collective identification in Croatia and former Yugoslavia since WWII 327 $a6 Grassroots women's activism in Russia, 1992-96: surviving social change together?7 'To struggle for freedom is our responsibility': Tibetan nuns in the Chinese state; 8 The militant nun as political activist and feminist in martial law Philippines; 9 'Harem women seem the happiest to me': novel women, fictions of domesticity and national development in India; 10 'Women, don't interfere with us; we are fighting for Poland': Polish mothers and transgressive others; 11 Germany: myth and apologia in Christa Wolf's novel Medea. Voices 327 $a12 A shadowy sequence: Chicana textual/sexual reinventions of Sor JuanaBibliography; Index 330 $aThroughout history, women have participated in and sometimes initiated rebellions to defend the welfare of their family, community, class, race or ethnic group.This volume presents original research on women's activism in Asia, Europe, Australia and Latin America. It explores how women have advanced social change and their influence on, and response to, existing transformations in society. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the authors examine women's activities and conditions in diverse social and political contexts, from revolutionary societies, to status quo societies, to societies in dec 410 0$aRoutledge research in gender and society ;$v11. 606 $aWomen$xPolitical activity$xHistory 606 $aWomen political activists$xHistory 606 $aWomen social reformers$xHistory 606 $aWomen in literature 606 $aSex role in literature 606 $aSocial change 606 $aPatriarchy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen$xPolitical activity$xHistory. 615 0$aWomen political activists$xHistory. 615 0$aWomen social reformers$xHistory. 615 0$aWomen in literature. 615 0$aSex role in literature. 615 0$aSocial change. 615 0$aPatriarchy. 676 $a305.42/09 701 $aMikula$b Maja$f1959-$0911148 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451782803321 996 $aWomen, activism, and social change$92040400 997 $aUNINA