Transnational feminism and women's movements in post-1997 Hong Kong [electronic resource] : solidarity beyond the state

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자료유형	e-Book
서명/저자사항	Transnational feminism and women's movements in post-1997 Hong Kong [electronic resource]: solidarity beyond the state / Adelyn Lim.
개인저자	Lim, Adelyn, author.
단체저자명	Project Muse,distributor. Project Muse.
발행사항	Hong Kong [China]: Hong Kong University Press, [2015].
발행사항	Baltimore, Maryland: Project Muse, 2015.
형태사항	1 online resource (xii, 156 pages) : illustrations.
총서사항	Global connections
기타형태 저록	Print version: 9789888139378
ISBN	9789888313174 9888313177
일반주기	Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references (pages [139]-148) and index.
내용주기	Introduction -- A historical perspective of women's activism in Hong Kong -- Dynamics of diversity -- Boundaries and spaces -- Objectified body/embodied subject -- Global cities, global workers, global unions -- Conclusion -- Methodological appendixes.
요약	This study demonstrates that recognizing the differences of the women activists promoting disparate agendas leads to a fuller appreciation of the connections and commonalities in the relations among those involved. Transnational Feminism and Women's Movements in Post-1997 Hong Kong: Solidarity Beyond the State is the first comprehensive account of feminism and women's movements in Hong Kong. The unique geographical, historical and cultural situation of the city provides the backdrop for Adelyn Lim to bring diverse groups of activists organizing socially disadvantaged and disaffected women, many of whom originating from Mainland China as well as South and Southeast Asia, to the foreground. Feminism, Lim argues, is not premised on a collective identity; it should rather be understood as a collective frame of action. The work begins with a critical history of women's mobilization during the British colonial period and the lead up to governance under the People's Republic of China. Subsequent chapters discuss the organizational forms, rhetoric, and strategies of women's groups in addressing the feminization of poverty, engagement with state institutions, violence against women, prostitution, and domestic work. Conflicts between feminist ideals and the realities and demands of the socio-political environment are thrown into sharp relief. The empirical analysis makes a case for Hong Kong to be considered as a prime site to challenge and renew the theorizing of transnational feminism.
일반주제명	Women's rights --China --Hong Kong --History. Feminism --China --Hong Kong --History. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference.
분류기호(DDC)	320.082
언어	영어
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