Gender And Multiculturalism - North-South Perspectives (Paperback)

Women’s bodies and rights, and performances of femininity and masculinity often form the battleground of debates of multiculturalism and accommodation of cultural rights in both hemispheres.

Tensions of culture and rights may not be the same everywhere. An interesting point of comparison is in the treatment of liberalism often assumed in the global North to be the universal norms to be defended, whereas in the global South, liberalism itself may be viewed as the problem. Colonial histories are fraught with discriminatory legislation aimed at accommodating indigenous populations, in some cases reinforcing misogynist readings of indigenous or minority cultures and providing a trade-off for more structural redistributive justice through, for example, land reform.

This book shows how varied and complex the embodiment of multiculturalism as a political practice, or policy discourse in different political contexts, can be, and how often the outcome of multicultural discourses creates a binary between culture and universal human rights. The aim of Gender And Multiculturalism is to engage with dislodging this binary.

General

Imprint:	University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	November 2016
Editors:	Amanda Gouws • Daiva Stasiulis
Dimensions:	243 x 172 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	258
ISBN-13:	978-1-86914-330-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Colonization & independence Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Books > Local Author Showcase > Lifestyle
LSN:	1-86914-330-2
Barcode:	9781869143305

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