The Challenge of Local Feminisms: Women's Movements in Global Perspective

Table of contents

• Title Page iv
• Contents IX
• Foreword XI
• Acknowledgments xiii
• Introduction 1
• Notes 20
• Part One Asia 23
• China 1 - Discovering the Positive Within the Negative: the Women's Movement in a Changing China 25
• Notes 49
• 2 India - From Chipko to Sati: the Contemporary Indian Women's Movement 58
• Notes 84
• 3 Bangladesh - Men in Seclusion, Women in Public: Rokeya's Dream and Women's Struggles in Bangladesh 87
• Notes 108
• 4 Philippines - Rebirthing Babaye: the Women's Movement in the Philippines 127
• Part Two Africa and the Middle East 129
• South Africa 5 - The Dawn of a New Day: Redefining South African Feminism 131
• Notes 159
• 6 Namibia - The Many Faces of Feminism in Namibia 183
• 7 Kenya - The Mother of Warriors and Her Daughters: the Women's Movement in Kenya 187
• Notes 207
• 8 Nigeria - Wifeism and Activism: the Nigerian Women's Movement 224
• Occupied Territories 9 Claiming Feminism, Claiming Nationalism: Women's Activism in the Occupied Territories 246
• Part Three Latin America 249
• 10 Peru - Out of the Kitchens and onto the Streets: Women's Activism in Peru 251
• Notes 273
• 11 Chile - Democracy in the Country and in the Home: the Women's Movement in Chile 276
• Notes 298
• 12 Brazil - Brazilian Feminism and Women's Movements: a Two-Way Street 320
• 13 Mexico Building Bridges. the Growth of Popular Feminism in Mexico 346
• Part Four Russia, Europe, and the United States 349
• Notes 372
• 15 Finding a Voice: Women in Postcommunist Central Europe 403
• 16 Western Europe - Extending the Boundaries of Citizenship: Women's Movements of Western Europe 431
• 17 Untited States Feminism Lives: Building a Multicultural Women's Movement in the United States 458
• Selected Bibliography 463
• About the Book and Editor 465
• About the Contributors 466
• Photo Credits 470
• Index 472

Work saved from this book