'Indigenous feminisms' as a locus for development?

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2009
Country:
China
Document Type:
Conference Paper
Theme:
Social Change
First published:
1 January 2009
Authors:
Jaschok, M.

Abstract

The topic of 'indigenous feminism' is discussed, using work from China바카라 사이트™s Muslim contexts to illustrate how the discourses on indigenous feminism are implicated in projects of state and community formation, requiring sensitive and nuanced interpretations of how women바카라 사이트™s indigenous strategies might be seen as either complicit in, or subversive of, religious and secular patriarchal strategies of legitimization of the status quo.

Citation

Presented at WEMC Symposium: 바카라 사이트˜Interrogating Gendered Power Structures: Developing a transformative research framework for women바카라 사이트™s empowerment in Muslim contexts바카라 사이트™. 25 February 2009, City University of Hong Kong. 10 pp.

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