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PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100813326281

ISBN-139780813326283

eBay Product ID (ePID)596112

Product Key Features

Number of Pages510 Pages

Publication NameChallenge of Local Feminisms : Women's Movements in Global Perspective

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1995

SubjectFeminism & Feminist Theory, Women's Studies

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science

AuthorAmrita Basu

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight16.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN95-007664

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal305.42

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

Table Of ContentForeword -- Introduction -- Asia -- Discovering the Positive Within the Negative: The Women's Movement in a Changing China -- From Chipko to Sati: The Contemporary Indian Women's Movement -- Men in Seclusion, Women in Public: Rokeya's Dream and Women's Struggles in Bangladesh -- Rebirthing Babaye: The Women's Movement in the Philippines -- Africa and the Middle East -- The Dawn of a New Day: Redefining South African Feminism -- The Many Faces of Feminism in Namibia -- The Mother of Warriors and Her Daughters: The Women's Movement in Kenya -- Wifeism and Activism: The Nigerian Women's Movement -- Claiming Feminism, Claiming Nationalism: Women's Activism in the Occupied Territories -- Latin America -- Out of the Kitchens and onto the Streets: Women's Activism in Peru -- Democracy in the Country and in the Home: The Women's Movement in Chile -- Brazilian Feminism and Women's Movements: A Two-Way Street -- Building Bridges: The Growth of Popular Feminism in Mexico -- Russia, Europe, and the United States -- Democracy Without Women Is No Democracy: Women's Struggles in Postcommunist Russia -- Finding a Voice: Women in Postcommunist Central Europe -- Extending the Boundaries of Citizenship: Women's Movements of Western Europe -- Feminism Lives: Building a Multicultural Women's Movement in the United States -- Photo Credits

SynopsisThis pathbreaking book provides for the first time an overview of the genesis, growth, gains, and dilemmas of women's movements worldwide. Unlike most of the literature, which focuses on the industria, "A must read for feminist activists, scholars, and policymakers. As this book amply demonstrates, women's movements around the world have much to learn from each other. The Challenge of Local Feminisms is the best place to start ... an inspiration and a challenge for us all." --Bella AbzugCochair, Women's Environment and Development Organization, This pathbreaking book provides for the first time an overview of the genesis, growth, gains, and dilemmas of women's movements worldwide. Unlike most of the literature, which focuses on the industrialized Western world, this volume devotes greater attention to the postcolonial states of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The book challenges the assumptions that feminism can transcend national differences and, conversely, that women's movements are shaped and circumscribed by nationallevels of development. All the authors reject the notion, proposed by its detractors and champions alike, that feminism is of middle-class origins and Western inspiration. Instead they seek to locate women's movements within the terrain from which they emerge.Virtually all the authors are from the countries or communities about which they write; the few exceptions are women who have spent lengthy periods studying and living in the region. Most are scholars, often in women's studies, andmany are closely associated with the movements they describe. Thus, these writers share a commitment to the substantive concerns as well as the collective processes of women's movements. As a key book for the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, this volume will be essential reading for anyone interested in the global scope and implications of feminism.

LC Classification NumberHQ1101.C46 1995