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The future of Asian feminisms : confronting fundamentalisms, conflicts and neo-liberalism / edited by Nursyahbani Katjasungkana and Saskia E. Wieringa

Katjasungkana, Nursyahbani ; Wieringa, Saskia, 1950-

New Castle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2012

Online Ressource (x, 490 p.)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record

Erscheint auch als: Future of Asian feminisms. - New Castle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2012 (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-4438-3469-8 (electronic bk.); 1-4438-3469-6 (electronic bk.)

978-1-4438-3450-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-4438-3450-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-4438-3450-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 829713972 (aus SWB)     

Online-Ausg.

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

HQ1726

305.48895     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: SOC028000 ; eflch: SOC ; bisacsh: SOC 028000

LOC-SH: Feminism -- Asia ; Women in development -- Asia ; Women -- Social conditions -- Asia ; Neoliberalism -- Asia ; Electronic books ; Neoliberalism -- Asia ; Women -- Asia -- Social conditions ; Feminism -- Asia ; Women in development -- Asia

Electronic books / Electronic books ; Asia ; Feminism ; Neoliberalism ; Women in development ; Women ; Social conditions ; Regional studies ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies ; Feminism & feminist theory ; Globalization

This book on the future of Asian feminism, confronting fundamentalisms, conflicts, and neo-liberalism is a critical contribution to the rising voices of Asian women's studies scholars and activists. It is based on the ongoing research and advocacy work of the Kartini Asia Network, founded in 2003 in Manila. The five overlapping themes of the network are women/gender studies, fundamentalisms, conflicts, livelihood and sexuality. Considering that the economic and political weight of the region is growing fast, and that the 21st century has been named the Asian century, Asia is increasingly recognised as the continent to which economic, if not political power, will shift in the coming decades. The chapters brought together in this volume demonstrate the great diversity of the transversal cultural flow that women's movements within Asia provide. Members of the Kartini network stimulate the articulation of a particular Asian voice in women's studies and in the global women's movement. Considering the existing patriarchal structures all over the continent a continuum of oppressions enfolds, from the global sphere of market exchange to emerging fundamentalisms and to bitter conflicts and struggles around sexualities. The present volume provides elements for the critical dialogues that are needed between women in the region, between women and men, between people in all sorts of strategic positions, and between theoreticians in the Global South and the Global North to create a world in which human dignity is not eroded by predatory economic processes and in which democracy, diversity, pluralism, and inclusivity are the guiding principles of governance