Feminisms with Chinese Characteristics (Paperback)

The year 1995, when the Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, marks a historical milestone in the development of the Chinese feminist movement. In the decades that followed, three distinct trends emerged: first, there was a rise in feminist NGOs in mainland China and a surfacing of LGBTQ movements; second, social and economic developments nurtured new female agency, creating a vibrant, women-oriented cultural milieu in China; third, in response to ethnocentric Western feminism, some Chinese feminist scholars and activists recuperated the legacies of socialist China's state feminism and gender policies in a new millennium. These trends have brought Chinese women unprecedented choices, resources, opportunities, pitfalls, challenges, and even crises. In this timely volume, Zhu and Xiao offer an examination of the ways in which Chinese feminist ideas have developed since the mid-1990s. By juxtaposing the plural ""feminisms"" with ""Chinese characteristics,"" they both underline the importance of integrating Chinese culture, history, and tradition in the discussions of Chinese feminisms, and, stress the difference between the plethora of contemporary Chinese feminisms and the singular state feminism. The twelve chapters in this interdisciplinary collection address the theme of feminisms with Chinese characteristics from different perspectives rendered from lived experiences, historical reflections, theoretical ruminations, and cultural and sociopolitical critiques, painting a panoramic picture of Chinese feminisms in the age of globalization.

General

Imprint:	Syracuse University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Gender and Globalization
Release date:	December 2021
Editors:	Ping Zhu • Hui Faye Xiao
Contributors:	Ping Zhu • Hui Faye Xiao • Nicola Spakowski • Li Xiaojiang • Xueping Zhong • Wu Haiyun • Wang Zheng • Li Jun
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-0-8156-3725-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8156-3725-X
Barcode:	9780815637257

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