Women Scholars In Hong Kong

Author : Nian Ruan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789819983773

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Women Scholars in Hong Kong by Nian Ruan Pdf

This book depicts the diverse approaches of established women professors in perceiving and developing intellectual leadership in Hong Kong. It analyzes the combined influences of various disciplines, different higher education institutions, and gender on the careers of female scholars in the East Asian region. The complexity and interaction of academic careers for women, disciplinary contexts, higher education systems, and socio-cultural environments may present a relatively holistic landscape for readers interested in academic life and leadership. Scholars, administrators, managers, and policymakers in higher education-related fields may gain comprehensive ideas to facilitate faculty and institutional development through a cultural and sociological lens. This may empower female academics and students, while also providing benefits for doctoral students and early-career researchers seeking insights into the evolving advantages and disadvantages in women's academic careers. Audiences interested in gender issues may find it intriguing to compare women scholars with women in other professions and in different cultural contexts.

Author : Stacilee Ford
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789888083114

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Troubling American Women by Stacilee Ford Pdf

American women have lived in Hong Kong, and in neighboring Macao, for nearly two centuries. Many were changed by their encounter with Chinese life and British colonialism. Their openness to new experiences set them apart, while their "pedagogical impulse" gave them a reputation for outspokenness that troubled others. Drawing on memoirs, diaries, newspapers, films, and other texts, Stacilee Ford tells the stories of several American women and explores how, through dramatically changing times, they communicated their notions of national identity and gender.Troubling American Womenis a lively and provocative study of cross-cultural encounters between the Hong Kong and the US and use of stereotypes of American womanhood in Hong Kong popular culture. Stacilee Fordhas lived in Hong Kong for 18 years. She teaches history and American studies at the University of Hong Kong.

Author : Fanny M. Cheung
Publisher : Chinese University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9622017363

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Engendering Hong Kong Society by Fanny M. Cheung Pdf

This book provides a scholarly overview of women's status in Hong Kong from a gender perspective. The contributors are associated with the Gender Research Programme at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The chapters offer substantive analyses on the indicators of women's status, including education, work, division of domestic labour, gender roles, women's movement, and public policies affecting women. The historical-cultural context of women's status and the cross-cultural relevance of women's studies are also examined. This book embraces both longitudinal as well as cross-sectional perspectives, and includes both quantitative and qualitative materials. It is not only a scholarly document on Chinese women in Hong Kong, but also a statement marking their changing status. Readers interested in women's issues, gender studies, and Chinese studies will find this book a useful reference.

Author : Stevi Jackson,Petula Sik Ying Ho
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137289919

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Women Doing Intimacy by Stevi Jackson,Petula Sik Ying Ho Pdf

This book offers a comparative study of the lives of young adult women and their mothers in Hong Kong and Britain. Set against the backdrop of debates regarding the consequences of late modern social change for family and intimate life, the authors consider the challenges of exploring these issues across differing cultures. The book focuses on a range of topics including: mother-daughter relationships; romantic, sexual and marital relationship trajectories; and the imagined futures of daughters. Throughout, it is argued that differences between Hong Kong and Britain are not attributable merely to local culture and tradition, but are the consequence of wider social, economic and political conditions through which cultural continuity and change are mediated. Women Doing Intimacy will be of interest to students and scholars of family life and gender studies.

Author : Susanne Y. P. Choi,Fanny M. Cheung
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Women
ISBN : 9624415951

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Women and Girls in Hong Kong by Susanne Y. P. Choi,Fanny M. Cheung Pdf

Author : Tineke Hellwig,Sunera Thobani
Publisher : Women's Press (CA)
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UCSC:32106018544657

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Asian Women by Tineke Hellwig,Sunera Thobani Pdf

A collection that places Asian woman centre stage and challenges a dichotomised view of Asia and the 'west' or 'north'. It offers an understanding of Asian women in their networks of connections through the work of feminist scholars discussing Asian women in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia.

Author : Eliza Wing-Yee Lee
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 55,9 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 : Veronica Pearson,Benjamin K. P. Leung
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018277579

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Women in Hong Kong by Veronica Pearson,Benjamin K. P. Leung Pdf

Despite the post-war economic boom that brought Hong Kong into the rank of wealthy societies, gender discrimination is still widespread in the territory. These essays discuss aspects of gender relations and gender inequality, addressing such issues as educ

Author : Committee on Women's Studies in Asia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Women's studies
ISBN : STANFORD:36105012410713

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Women's Studies, Women's Lives by Committee on Women's Studies in Asia Pdf

Contributed essays on the impact of women's studies on their lives by various women's studies scholars from Asia.

Author : Maria Jaschok,Jingjun Shui
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136680618

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Women, Religion, and Space in China by Maria Jaschok,Jingjun Shui Pdf

What enables women to hold firm in their beliefs in the face of long years of hostile persecution by the Communist party/state? How do women withstand daily discrimination and prolonged hardship under a Communist regime which held rejection of religious beliefs and practices as a patriotic duty? Through the use of archival and ethnographic sources and of rich life testimonies, this book provides a rare glimpse into how women came to find solace and happiness in the flourishing, female-dominated traditions of local Islamic women’s mosques, Daoist nunneries and Catholic convents in China. These women passionately – often against unimaginable odds – defended sites of prayer, education and congregation as their spiritual home and their promise of heaven, but also as their rightful claim to equal entitlements with men.

Author : Eliza W. Y. Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015060629378

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Gender and Change in Hong Kong by Eliza W. Y. Lee Pdf

The volume analyses women's changing identities and agencies amidst the complex interaction of three important forces, namely, globalisation, postcolonialis, 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 : Anonim
Publisher : Feminist Press at CUNY
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1558611096

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Changing Lives by Anonim Pdf

A A A Thirteen women's studies pioneers from eleven Asian countries narrate their individual passages into feminist consciousness and the monumental effect of women's studies on their private and professional lives. Each woman's odyssey moves against the backdrop of her country's social and political systems, as well as through the dailiness of her family life. In their efforts to balance demanding careers-as anthropologists, economists, psychologists, and even as a member of parliament-with "normal" family lives, these women all come to realize that their husbands experienced no such difficulties. They regard women's studies as a key strategy for changing women's lives, just as it has changed theirs. A A A In Changing Lives , women's studies link these stories, although the individual narratives are extremely diverse" Aurora Javate de Dios worked as a political activist in the Philippines in the 1970s, then married and reared three children before becoming a women's studies pionerr; Economist Fareeha Zafar worked to establish the first women's trade union in Pakistan in the early 1970s and to found the Women's Action Forum, and women's studies in Pakistan; After Liang Jun of China, at 40, married, with two children and an academic career, attended a lecture by Li Xiaojiang she suddenly saw a "lighthouse on a dark sea". Contributors: Noemi Alindogan-Medina (Philippines); Fanny M. Cheung (Hong Kong); Aurora Javate Dios (Philippines); Cho Hyoung (South Korea); Liang Jun (China); Malavika Karlekar (India); Nora Lan-hung Chiang [Huang] (Taiwan); Yasuko Murumatsu (Japan); Thanh-Dam Truong (Vietnam); Aline K. Wong (Singapore); Li Xiaojiang (China); Fareeha Zafar (Pakistan)

Author : Chin-Chung Chao,Louisa Ha
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429655135

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Asian Women Leadership by Chin-Chung Chao,Louisa Ha Pdf

This book is an interdisciplinary anthology grounded in scholarly research that offers a concise but in-depth examination and exposition of leadership that helps readers better grasp the basics of the various aspects of Asian leadership and examines the practices of Asian women leadership across sectors in Asian and western countries. While many leadership books effectively describe leadership styles and/or outline various approaches to leadership, this book focuses on Asian women leadership and illustrates performed styles, experiences, opportunities, challenges and management strategies across sectors ranging from higher education, business, nonprofit organizations, the media industry, politics and social movement to immigration, using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. It can serve as a handy reference for aspiring women leaders, academic researchers, general readers and students who want to study Asian women leadership, work in Asian societies and/or work with Asians.

Author : Adelyn Lim
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789888139378

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Transnational Feminism and Women’s Movements in Post-1997 Hong Kong by Adelyn Lim Pdf

This study demonstrates that recognizing the differences of the women activists promoting disparate agendas leads to a fuller appreciation of the connections and commonalities in the relations among those involved. Transnational Feminism and Women's Movements in Post-1997 Hong Kong: Solidarity Beyond the State is the first comprehensive account of feminism and women's movements in Hong Kong. The unique geographical, historical and cultural situation of the city provides the backdrop for Adelyn Lim to bring diverse groups of activists organizing socially disadvantaged and disaffected women, many of whom originating from Mainland China or South and Southeast Asia, to the foreground. Feminism, Lim argues, is not premised on a collective identity; it should rather be understood as a collective frame of action. The book begins with a critical history of women's mobilization during the British colonial period and the lead up to governance under the People's Republic of China. Subsequent chapters discuss the organizational forms, rhetoric, and strategies of women's groups in addressing the feminization of poverty, engagement with state institutions, violence against women, prostitution, and domestic work. Conflicts between feminist ideals and the realities and demands of the sociopolitical environment are thrown into sharp relief. The empirical analysis makes a case for Hong Kong to be considered a prime site to challenge and renew the theorizing of transnational feminism. "In this well written monograph, Adelyn Lim explores the multiple forms of women's activism in the tense political environment of post-1997 Hong Kong. Using feminist theory and social movement scholarship, she explores processes of framing social action and building coalitions in a context where unresolved conflicts abound. The result is a rich portrait of activism in one of the world's most globalized cities." —Andrew Kipnis, author of China and Postsocialist Anthropology: Theorizing Power and Society after Communism "A book about Hong Kong feminisms that manages to be both sweeping and intimate, with through-lines of historical and political context seamlessly interwoven with details of activist identities and commitments. Lim skillfully connects feminist and social movement theory with movement praxis to develop a compelling account of local feminist organizing situated in a clear transnational context." —Sharon Wesoky, author of Chinese Feminism Faces Globalization

Author : A F. S
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Missions
ISBN : OXFORD:600100338

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Missions to the women of China, in connexion with the Society for promoting female education in the East, by A.F.S., ed. by miss Whately by A F. S Pdf