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_beng
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_bB.A.C
100 1 _aBasu, Amrita,
_d1953-
_eauthor
_92918
245 1 4 _aThe challenge of local feminisms :
_bwomen's movements in global perspective /
_cedited by Amrita Basu, with the assistance of C. Elizabeth McGrory.
264 1 _aBoulder :
_bWestview Press,
_c1995.
300 _axiv, 493 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
490 1 _aSocial change in global perspective
500 _aStudies initiated by the Women's Program Forum of the Ford Foundation in preparation for the Fourth World Conference on Women, scheduled for Beijing in 1995.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 463-464) and index.
505 0 _apt. 1. Asia -- ch. 1. Discovering the positive with the negative: the women's movement in a changing China / Naihua Zhang with Wu Xu -- ch. 2. From Chipko to Sati: the contemporary Indian women's movement / Radha Kumar -- ch. 3. Men in seclusion, women in public: Rokeya's dream and women's struggles in Bangladesh / Roushan Jahan -- ch. 4. Rebirthing Babaye: the women's movement in the Philippines / Lilia Quindoza Santiago -- pt. 2. Africa and the Middle East -- ch. 5. The dawn of a new day: redefining South African feminism / Amanda Kemp, Nozizwe Madlala, Asha Moodley, and Elaine Salo -- ch. 6. The many faces of feminism in Namibia / Dianne Hubbard and Colette Solomon -- ch. 7. The mother of warriors and her daughters: the women's movement in Kenya / Wilhelmina Oduol and Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira -- ch. 8. Wifeism and activism: the Nigerian women's movement / Hussaina Abdullah -- ch. 9. Claiming feminism, claiming nationalism: women's activism in the occupied territories / Islah Jad -- pt. 3. Latin America -- ch. 10. Out of the kitchens and onto the streets: women's activism in Peru / Cecilia Blondet -- ch. 11. Democracy in the country and in the home: the women's movement in Chile / Alicia Frohmann and Teresa Valdés -- ch. 12. Brazilian feminism and women's movements: a two-way street / Vera Soares, Ana Alice Alcantara Costa, Cristina Maria Buarque, Denise Dourado Dora, and Wania Sant'Anna -- ch. 13. Building bridges: the growth of popular feminism in Mexico / Marta Lamas, Alicia Martínez, María Luisa Tarrés, and Esperanza Tuñon (translated by Ellen Calmus) -- pt. 4. Russia, Europe, and the United States -- ch. 14. Democracy without women is no democracy: women's struggles in postcommunist Russia / Elizabeth Waters and Anastasia Posadskaya -- ch. 15. Finding a voice: women in postcommunist Central Europe / Elzbieta Matynia -- ch. 16. Extending the boundaries of citizenship: women's movements of Western Europe / Jane Jenson -- ch. 17. Feminism lives: building a multicultural women's movement in the United States / Leslie R. Wolfe and Jennifer Tucker.
650 0 _aFeminism
_xCross-cultural studies.
650 0 _aFeminism
_zDeveloping countries.
700 1 _aMcGrory, C. Elizabeth.
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_eauthor
710 2 _aFord Foundation.
_bWomen's Program Forum.
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830 0 _aSocial change in global perspective (Boulder, Colo.)
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0833/95007664-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0833/95007664-d.html
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