Human rights and gender politics : Asia-Pacific perspectives / / edited by Anne-Marie Hilsdon. [et. al.]
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| Titolo: |
Human rights and gender politics : Asia-Pacific perspectives / / edited by Anne-Marie Hilsdon. [et. al.]
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| Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 323.3/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human rights - Asia |
| Human rights - Pacific Area | |
| Women's rights - Asia | |
| Women's rights - Pacific Area | |
| Women - Asia - Social conditions | |
| Women - Pacific Area - Social conditions | |
| Altri autori: |
HilsdonAnne-Marie
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Human Rights and Gender Politics; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: gender politics and the reimagining of human rights in the Asia-Pacific; 2 Sexual violence, silence, and human rights discourse: the emergence of the military prostitution issue; 3 The state and the women's movement: instabilities in the discourse of 'rights' in India; 4 Dead daughters, dissident sons, and human rights in China; 5 The human rights of gendered citizens: notes from Indonesia |
| 6 Woman ikat raet long human raet o no?: women's rights, human rights, and domestic violence in Vanuatu7 'Hear us, women of Papua New Guinea!': Melanesian women and human rights; 8 The Contemplacion fiasco: the hanging of a Filipino domestic worker in Singapore; 9 Mothers of the disappeared in the diaspora: globalization and human rights; 10 The emergence of 'modern' gay identities and the question of human rights; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In recent years, the slogan ""women's rights are human rights"" has become a central claim of the of the global women's movement. Human Rights and Gender Politics: Asia-Pacific Perspectives examines the critical issues raised by this embracing and expansion of the human rights discourse by feminists worldwide.This volume challenges the conventional, ungendered and male-centred analysis of the politics of human rights and addresses the future of global feminisms. It is essential reading for all those interested in learning more about human rights and women's rights in the Asia-Paci |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Human rights and gender politics |
| ISBN: | 1-134-65306-9 |
| 1-134-65307-7 | |
| 1-280-07936-3 | |
| 0-203-64541-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784587903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ; ; 4.