Hong Kong Rural Women Under Chinese Rule

Author : Isabella Ng
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351019842

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Hong Kong Rural Women under Chinese Rule by Isabella Ng Pdf

This book explores gender dynamics in the indigenous villages (also known as walled villages) in post-handover Hong Kong. It looks at how Hong Kong’s reunification with China has impacted the walled villagers, in particular the women, and how the walled villages’ current gender dynamics in return reflects the changes that have happened in Hong Kong after the reunification with China. It traces the historical development of the walled villages, outlines the nature of walled-village society, and explores the changes currently at work including the erosion of the rural/urban divide, the increasing participation of indigenous women in Hong Kong society more widely and the breakdown of traditional social norms, especially patriarchy.

Author : Yunxiang Yan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Patriarchy
ISBN : 9889756390

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Girl Power by Yunxiang Yan Pdf

Author : Wen-Chen Chang,Kelley Loper,Mara Malagodi,Ruth Rubio-Marín
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509941933

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Gender, Sexuality and Constitutionalism in Asia by Wen-Chen Chang,Kelley Loper,Mara Malagodi,Ruth Rubio-Marín Pdf

This book analyses the equal citizenship claims of women and sexual and gender diverse people across several Asian jurisdictions. The volume examines the rich diversity of constitutional responses to sex, gender and sexuality in the region from a comparative perspective. Leading comparative constitutional law scholars identify 'opportunity structures' to explain the uneven advancement of gender equality through constitutional litigation and consider a combination of variables which shape the diverging trajectories of the jurisdictions in this study. The authors also embed the relevant constitutional and legal developments in their historical, political and social contexts. This deep contextual understanding of the relationship between sex, gender, sexuality and constitutionalism greatly enriches the analysis. The case studies reflect a variety of constitutional structures, institutional designs and contextual dynamics which may advance or impede developments with respect to sex, gender and sexuality. As a whole, the chapters further an understanding of the constitutional domain as a fruitful site for advancing gender equality and the rights of sexual and gender diverse people. The jurisdictions covered represent all Asian sub-regions including: East Asia (Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea), South East Asia (Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Indonesia), and South Asia (India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). The introductory framework chapter situates these insights from the region within the broader global context of the evolution of gender constitutionalism.

Author : Kate Sylvester
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000797909

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Women and Martial Art in Japan by Kate Sylvester Pdf

This book, based on extensive original research, examines the practice by women in a university sport setting of kendo, the Japanese martial art which, using bamboo swords as well as protective armour, and descended from traditional swordsmanship, instils in its practitioners, besides physical skills, societal values of etiquette and resilience as well connecting them to a “traditional” outlook, which includes a gendered cultural identity. The book therefore illustrates an unexplored example of identity construction in Japan, one which legitimises women’s sport experiences within a male-centric physical culture, unpacks the notion of “tradition” in kendo and unravels its stultifying control over women’s kendo participation, and discusses the androgenicity of women’s participation to highlight its subversive potential to develop women as leaders in sport, politics, and other fields which continue to be very male dominated in Japan.

Author : Eva F. Nisa
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000647051

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Face-veiled Women in Contemporary Indonesia by Eva F. Nisa Pdf

Face veiling is relatively new in Indonesia. It is often stereotyped as a sign of extremism and the growing Arabisation of Indonesian Muslims. It is also perceived as a symbol that demonstrates a lack of female agency. However, increasing numbers of women are choosing to wear the cadar (the full face veil). This book provides an ethnographic study of these women: why they choose to wear the cadar, embody strict religious disciplinary practices and the consequences of that choice. The women in this book belong to two Islamic revivalist movements: various Salafi groups and the Tablīghī Jamāʿat. Indonesia has constantly witnessed transformations in the meanings and practices of Islam, and this book demonstrates that women are key actors in this process. Nisa demonstrates that contrary to stereotypes, the women in this study have an agency which is expressed through their chosen docility and obedience.

Author : Jane Ahlstrand
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000509557

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Women, Media, and Power in Indonesia by Jane Ahlstrand Pdf

This book demonstrates the crucial link between gender and structures of power in democratic Indonesia, and the role of the online news media in regulating this relationship of power. Using critical discourse analysis (CDA) as a theoretical framework, and social actor analysis as the methodological approach, this book examines the discursive representation of three prominent female Indonesian political figures in the mainstream Indonesian online news media in a period of social-political transition. It presents newfound linguistic evidence in the form of discourse strategies that reflect the women’s dynamic relationship with power. More broadly, the critical analysis of the news discourse becomes a way of uncovering and evaluating implicit barriers and opportunities affecting women’s political participation in Indonesia and other Asian political contexts, Indonesia’s process of democratisation, and the influential role of the online news media in shaping and reflecting political discourse.

Author : Irma Riyani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000221916

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Islam, Women's Sexuality and Patriarchy in Indonesia by Irma Riyani Pdf

This book explores the intimate marital relationships of Indonesian Muslim married women. As well as describing and analysing their sexual relationships, the book also investigates how Islam influences discourses of sexuality in Indonesia, and in particular how Islamic teachings affect Muslim married women’s perceptions and behaviour in their sexual relationships with their husbands. Based on extensive original research, the book reveals that Muslim women perceive marriage as a social, cultural, and religious obligation that they need to fulfil; that they realise that finding an ideal marriage partner is complicated, with some having the opportunity for a long courtship and others barely knowing their partner prior to marriage; and that there is a strong tendency, with some exceptions, for women to consider a sexual relationship in marriage as their duty and their husband’s right. Religious and cultural discourses justify and support this view and consider refusal a sin (dosa) or taboo (pamali). Both discourses emphasise obedience towards husbands in marriage.

Author : Mary Keng Mun Chung
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0820451983

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Chinese Women in Christian Ministry by Mary Keng Mun Chung Pdf

Chinese Women in Christian Ministry uses an interdisciplinary (theological, historical, and anthropological) approach to analyze how theological and cultural factors have influenced attitudes about the place and role of women in the Chinese church and Christian ministry in Asia and in the West. The changing status and role of women in Chinese historical sociocultural contexts provide insights into the development of Confucian gender ideology and its impact on the Chinese. Western women missionaries with their Christian and cultural ideals became a catalyst for change in the gender role and mentality of Chinese women in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Global women's issues have sparked a genuine concern among the Chinese leading to changing attitudes toward Chinese women in Christian ministry.

Author : Eliza Wing-Yee Lee
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774841900

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Gender and Change in Hong Kong by Eliza Wing-Yee Lee Pdf

Gender and Change in Hong Kong analyzes women's changing identities and agencies amidst the complex interaction of three important forces, namely, globalization, postcolonialism, and Chinese patriarchy. The chapters examine the issues from a number of perspectives to consider legal changes, political participation, the situation of working-class and professional women, sexuality, religion, and international migration.

Author : Andrew Scobell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0521525853

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China's Use of Military Force by Andrew Scobell Pdf

In this unique study of China s militarism, Andrew Scobell examines the use of military force abroad - as in Korea (1950), Vietnam (1979), and the Taiwan Strait (1995 1996) - and domestically, as during the Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s and in the 1989 military crackdown in Tiananmen Square. Debunking the view that China has become increasingly belligerent in recent years because of the growing influence of soldiers, Scobell concludes that China s strategic culture has remained unchanged for decades. Nevertheless, the author uncovers the existence of a Cult of Defense in Chinese strategic culture. The author warns that this Cult of Defense disposes Chinese leaders to rationalize all military deployment as defensive, while changes in the People s Liberation Army s doctrine and capabilities over the past two decades suggest that China s twenty-first century leaders may use military force more readily than their predecessors.

Author : Katharine McGregor,Ana Dragojlovic,Hannah Loney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000050387

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Gender, Violence and Power in Indonesia by Katharine McGregor,Ana Dragojlovic,Hannah Loney Pdf

This book uses an interdisciplinary approach to chart how various forms of violence – domestic, military, legal and political – are not separate instances of violence, but rather embedded in structural inequalities brought about by colonialism, occupation and state violence. The book explores both case studies of individuals and of groups to examine experiences of violence within the context of gender and structures of power in modern Indonesian history and Indonesia-related diasporas. It argues that gendered violence is particularly important to consider in this region because of its complex history of armed conflict and authoritarian rule, the diversity of people that have been affected by violence, as well as the complexity of the religious and cultural communities involved. The book focuses in particular on textual narratives of violence, visualisations of violence, commemorations of violence and the politics of care.

Author : Khun Eng Kuah,Gilles Guiheux
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789089641311

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Social Movements in China and Hong Kong by Khun Eng Kuah,Gilles Guiheux Pdf

Het uitgangspunt van dit boek is dat Chinese individuen van hun eigen inzet uit moeten kunnen gaan, ongeacht de beperkingen die hen door de staat worden opgelegd. Om hun belangen beter te kunnen verdedigen sluiten sommige individuen zich aan bij sociale bewegingen, die tot sociale protesten kunnen leiden.

Author : Andrew H. Wedeman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003-07-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139437851

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From Mao to Market by Andrew H. Wedeman Pdf

Andrew Wedemen argues that China succeeded in moving from a Maoist command economy to a market economy because the central government failed to prevent local governments from forcing prices to market levels. Having partially decontrolled the economy in the early 1980s, economic reformers baulked at price reform, opting instead for a hybrid system wherein commodities had two prices, one fixed and one floating. Depressed fixed prices led to 'resource wars', as localities battled each other for control over undervalued commodities while inflated consumer goods prices fuelled a headlong investment boom that saturated markets and led to the erection of import barriers. Although local rent seeking and protectionism appeared to carve up the economy, in reality they had not only pushed prices to market levels and cleared the way for sweeping reforms in the 1980s, they had also pushed China past the 'pitfalls' of reform that entrapped other socialist economies.

Author : Bruce J. Dickson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521521432

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Red Capitalists in China by Bruce J. Dickson Pdf

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Author : Linsun Cheng
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003-03-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521811422

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Banking in Modern China by Linsun Cheng Pdf

This is the first book to document in English the evolution of modern Chinese banking, from the establishment in 1897 of the first Chinese bank along a Western model, to the abrupt interruption of professional banking by the Japanese invasion in 1937. Drawing from original documents of major Chinese banks, Linsun Cheng explains how and why the banks were able, despite a succession of foreign and domestic crises, to grow into viable and self-sustaining institutions in China. Rich with new, unpublished historical details, this book offers an original, comprehensive narrative of the origins and growth of professional banks.