Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World

Name: Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World
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ISBN: 9780862322656

ISBN-10: 0862322650

ISBN-13: 9780862322656

Edition: 1986

Authors: Kumari Jayawardena

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For twenty-five years, Kumari Jayawardenas text has been an essential primer on the history of womens movements in Asia and the Middle Eastfrom Egypt, Turkey and Iran, to India, Sri Lanka, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, Korea and the Philippinesin the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Jayawardena presents a feminism that didnt originate as an ideology of the West to be adopted by women in the Third World, but that instead erupted from the specific needs and struggles of women fighting against colonial power, for education or the vote, for safety, and against poverty and inequality. This readable and well-researched survey highlights the role of women in the national…

Book details

List price: $40.95
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Zed Books, Limited
Publication date: 5/1/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English