ISBN:
9783531923710
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
,
v.: digital
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
VS research
DDC:
305.42
Keywords:
Social sciences
;
Sociology
;
Malaysia
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Nichtstaatliche Organisation
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Frau
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Soziales Engagement
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Motivation
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Biografisches Interview
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Malaysia
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Nichtstaatliche Organisation
;
Frauenpolitik
;
Gleichberechtigung
;
Gegenöffentlichkeit
;
Globalisierung
Abstract:
This ethnographic monograph deals with womens organisations in an increasingly Islamised Malaysia and how they are fighting for women`s rights and gender equality. Departing from an in-depth description of the life-world of female activists, Anna Spiegel highlights the significance of the global negotiations of gender relations for identity politics, the articulation of the local and the global within translocally acting social movements and the significance of globalisation for female agency. The study discusses the role of counterpublics in the development of subversive identity constructions and the renegotiation of the normative bases of publicness in the gendered fields of dress, cultural belonging, epistemic culture and Islam. Bringing together the global and the local, this is a global ethnography in the truest sense. This book is essential reading for researchers in the social sciences, in particular, cultural studies, subaltern studies, sociology, gender studies and Islamic studies. In addition, it is also of interest to scientists looking for new research methodologies in the study of globalisation.
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Researching the global everyday of women activists: Experiencing and doing globalisation; 1.2 Connecting threads: Globalisation, social movements, and social space; 1.3 The case: Women's movements and social transformation in Malaysia; 1.4 Research dimensions; 1.4.1 Changing identities; 1.4.2 The local and the global; 1.4.3 Global and translocal agency of women; 1.5 Structure of the study; Part One Entering the World of NGOs; 2 Entering the World of NGOs: The Researcher's Trajectory; 2.1 The process of fieldwork
Description / Table of Contents:
2.1.1 Towards a dense global ethnography2.1.2 Interview situations: ""This is off the record""; 2.2 Grounding globalisation; 2.3 Events; 2.4 Biographical narrations; 3 Becoming an Activist: The Activists' Trajectories; 3.1 Aniza's trajectory; 3.2 ""I started to question …""; 3.2.1 … the 'tradition' of the mothers and the 'power' of the fathers; 3.2.2 … institutionalised gender hierarchies; 3.2.3 … ethnicised hierarchies; 3.3 ""Stuying abroad, I saw how things could be different""; 3.4 ""I can't work for a profit-making company anymore""; 3.5 Developing everyday life techniques of reflexivity
Description / Table of Contents:
Part Two Inside the World of NGOs: Constituting Female Counterpublics4 Negotiating Gender Equality and Legal Reforms: Women's Organisations in Kuala Lumpur; 4.1 Celebrating International Women's Day in Kuala Lumpur; 4.2 Negotiating women's rights in a multi-ethnic space; 4.3 The debate on Violence Against Women; 4.4 From local service to transnational social transformation; 4.5 Popularising feminist concepts; 4.6 Conclusion; 5 Protecting Women's Dignity: Women's Organisations in Kelantan; 5.1 ""something needs to be done for the unfortunate women"": Inside women's organisations in Kelantan
Description / Table of Contents:
5.1.1 Wanita Inovatif Jari Diri (WIJADI), Women's Innovative Self-Development Centre5.1.2 Women's Development Foundation of Kelantan (Yayasan Murni); 5.2 ""We don't dabble with legal things"":Debating different modes of social transformation; 5.3 ""We in Keantan"":Negotiating female dignity from an everyday perspective; 5.4 Connecting to the world: Rearranging local concerns in a global frame; 5.5 Conclusion; 6 Defending the Quality of Life in a Global Economy; 6.1 Defending the rights of working women against globalisation: The support group for home-based workers
Description / Table of Contents:
6.2 Defending the housing rights of the urban poor: Alaigal and the Community Development Centre6.3 History of the organisations; 6.3.1 From university to the plantations: Changing perspectives; 6.3.2 From educational programmes to confrontation: Changing strategies; 6.3.3 From an NGO to a political party: Changing political understandings; 6.4 From 'development' to 'quality of life': Deconstructing the state's development concept; 6.5 Developing political agency on the basis of rights; 6.5.1 De-ethnicising rights; 6.5.2 Engendering rights; 6.5.3 Globalising rights
Description / Table of Contents:
6.6 Concluding remarks on Part Two: Multiple female counterpublics
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-369)
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-531-92371-0
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