Gender and Change in Hong Kong

Globalization, Postcolonialism, and Chinese Patriarchy
Herausgeber: Lee, Eliza Wing-Yee

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This sophisticated collection of essays provides an innovative analysis of gender relations at the nexus of globalization, Chinese patriarchy, and post-colonialism in Hong Kong.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2003
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780774809948
• ISBN-10: 0774809949
• Artikelnr.: 35668587

Autorenporträt

Eliza W.Y. Lee is an associate professor in theDepartment of Government and Public Administration at The ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
 
1. Introduction: Gender and Change in Hong Kong / Eliza W.Y.Lee
2. Engendering a Legal System: The Unique Challenge of PostcolonialHong
Kong / Carole J. Petersen
3. Women's Activism during Hong Kong's PoliticalTransition / Lisa Fischler
4. Individualism and Patriarchy: The Identity of EntrepreneurialWomen
Lawyers in Hong Kong / Eliza W.Y. Lee
5. Withering Away of the Hong Kong Dream? Women Workers underIndustrial
Restructuring / Stephen Wing-Kai Chiu and Ching-KwanLee
6. Discourse on Baau Yih Naai (Keeping Concubines): Questions ofCitizenship
and Identity in Postcolonial Hong Kong / Ka-MingWu
7. Negotiating Gender Identity: Postcolonialism and Hong KongChristian
Women / Wai-Ching Wong
8. Empowering Mobility: "Astronaut" Women in Australia /Siumi Maria Tam
9. Prospects for the Development of a Critical Feminist Discourse /Eliza
W.Y. Lee
 
Notes on Contributors
Index