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Feminism -- History -- 21st century.
Women -- History -- 21st century.
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Women's movements in the global era : the power of local feminisms / Amrita Basu, editor.
Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2010.
Subjects
Feminism -- History -- 21st century.
Women -- History -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9780813344447 (pbk, alk. paper)
0813344441 (alk. paper)
Description:
xii, 495 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Introduction / Amrita Basu -- Africa. South African feminisms: a coming of age? / Elaine Salo ; Ramagwana Rakajeka: opportunities and challenges of the Zimbabwean women's movement / Shereen Essof -- Asia. The women's movement in Pakistan: challenges and achievements / Farida Shaheed ; Feminist deliberative politics in India / Kalpana Kannabiran ; The Chinese women's movement in the context of globalization / Naihua Zhang, Ping-Chun Hsiung -- Europe. Polish feminism between the local and the global: a task of translation / Elzbieta Matynia ; Russian women's activism: two steps forward, one step back / Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom -- Latin America. Contemporary feminisms in Brazil: achievements, shortcomings, and challenges / Cecilia M.B. Sardenberg, Ana Alice Alcantara Costa ; Seeking rights from the Left: gender and sexuality in Latin America / Elisabeth Jay Friedman ; Toward a culturally situated women's rights agenda: reflections from Mexico / Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo -- The Middle East. The demobilization of a Palestinian women's movement: from empowered active militants to powerless and stateless "citizens" / Islah Jad ; The women's movement and feminism in Iran: a glocal perspective / Nayereh Tohidi -- The United States. Intersecting oppressions: rethinking women's movements in the United States / Julie Ajinkya.
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Provides a path-breaking study of the beginning, growth, gains, and dilemmas of women's movements in countries throughout the world. Focuses on the global South.
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