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Translating Feminisms in China
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Description for Translating Feminisms in China
Paperback. This volume, which brings together articles by scholars and activists in China, Japan, Canada and the US in multiple disciplines, seeks to illuminate the problems and possibilities involved in translating feminism from the metropolitan 'West' to a locale rife with its own ideas about gender, class, body and sexuality. Editor(s): Ko, Dorothy; Zheng, Wang. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
This volume, which brings together articles by scholars and activists in China, Japan, Canada and the US in multiple disciplines, seeks to illuminate the problems and possibilities involved in translating feminism from the metropolitan ‘West’ to a locale rife with its own ideas about gender, class, body and sexuality.
This volume, which brings together articles by scholars and activists in China, Japan, Canada and the US in multiple disciplines, seeks to illuminate the problems and possibilities involved in translating feminism from the metropolitan ‘West’ to a locale rife with its own ideas about gender, class, body and sexuality.
- Showcases the centrality of gender in the formation of modern China
- Demonstrates the extent to which translated feminisms — whatever they mean — have transformed the terms in which modern Chinese understand their own subjectivities and histories
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Gender and History Special Issues
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405161701
SKU
V9781405161701
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Ref
99-50
About Ko
Dorothy Ko, a native of Hong Kong, is Professor of Chinese History at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of the recent monograph, Cinderella’s Sisters: A Revisionist History of Footbinding (2005). Wang Zheng is an Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and Associate Research Scientist of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at the University of ... Read more
Reviews for Translating Feminisms in China
“One of the major strengths of the chapters dealing with the Socialist period lies in the authors’ use of participant observation and extensive interviewing.” (WOMEN: A CULTURAL REVIEW, December 2009) "The editors have selected contributions from a wide range of positions and disciplines to create a stimulating ‘cacophony’ of voices, analyses and interpretations." (Women and ... Read more