Amrita Basu

Women's Movements in the Global Era (eBook, ePUB)

The Power of Local Feminisms

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a path-breaking study of the genesis, growth, gains, and dilemmas of women's movements in countries throughout the world. Its focus is on the global South, where women's movements have engaged in complex negotiations with national and international forces.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429975189
• Artikelnr.: 56886507

Autorenporträt

Amrita Basu

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Abbreviations and Glossary Introduction Amrita Basu AFRICA
1. Women's Movements in Africa Aili Mari Tripp 2. A History of Feminist
Moments: The South African Women's Movement, 1950--2014 Elaine Salo ASIA 3.
Pakistan's Women's Movement: Protests, Programming, and Revitalization
Farida Shaheed 4. The Indian Women's Movement Today: The Challenges of
Addressing Gender-based Violence Poulomi Pal 5. Feminist Struggles in a
Changing China WANG Zheng EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES 6. Varieties of
European Women's Movements Silke Roth 7. Russian Women's Activism:
Grassroots Persistence in the Face of Challenges Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom 8.
Women's and Feminist Movements in the United States: The Contradictory
Effects of Class-based Success Benita Roth LATIN AMERICA 9. Seeking Rights
from the Left: Gender and Sexuality in Latin America Elisabeth Jay Friedman
10. State Feminism and Women's Movements in Brazil: Achievements,
Shortcomings, and Challenges Cecilia M. B. Sardenberg and Ana Alice
Alcantara Costa THE MIDDLE EAST 11. Feminist Movements in the Maghreb
Valentine M. Moghadam 12. The Palestinian Women's Movement Islah Jad 13.
The Women's Movement and Feminism in Iran: Revisiting a Glocal Perspective
Nayereh Tohidi Appendix: Country and Region Information Selected
Bibliography About the Contributors Index