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| Title |
Asian Women: Interconnections |
| Year |
2006 |
| ISBN ISSN |
0-88961-457-1 |
| Publisher |
Canadian Scholars' Press Inc. Women's Press |
| Publisher URL |
http://www.cspi.org/ |
| Book or Report URL |
http://www.cspi.org/biographies/tineke_hellwig |
| Place of Publication |
Canada |
| Publication Type |
Book |
| Pages |
279 |
| Location |
CRRF |
| CRRF Identifier |
WR-Ins-BR-3270 |
| Subject |
1. Women- Asia. 2. Women in mass media. 3. Women - Developing countries. 4. Asians Foreign countries. 5. Women - Asia - Social conditions. 6. Asian Canadian women. |
| Donated Resources |
Donated by Canadian Scholars' Press Inc. Women's Press |
Abstract English
Asian Women; Interconnections, focuses on placing Asian women at centre stage, which includes intellectual discussions about Asian Canadian Feminism and comparative feminisms. This book addresses a wide range of topics such as Asian women in mass media, social conditions, how Asian women are viewed, as well as intersectionality paradigm, along with many more. Throughout this book Asian women from Canada, United States, Asia, Europe and Australia are focussed upon by feminist scholars. After reading this well detailed book, you will have an understanding of Asian women in their networks of connections.
Quotations
“As asian feminist we are connected in common struggle with the asian diaspora and we must not allow act to remain nationalized and nationalizing. Although our Canadian location means that we cannot escape the specific legacy of Anglo- Canadian nationalism as a mediating force of exclusion and belonging, we must also understand act as transnational phenomena.” (Tinke Hellwig and Sunera Thobani 2006 pg. 42)