Global Feminism

Global Feminism
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9780814727942
ISBN-13 : 0814727948
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Book Synopsis Global Feminism by : Myra Marx Ferree

Download or read book Global Feminism written by Myra Marx Ferree and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the social and political developments that have energized movements of global feminism Increasingly feminists around the world have successfully campaigned for recognition of women's full personhood and empowerment. Global Feminism explores the social and political developments that have energized this movement. Drawn from an international group of scholars and activists, the authors of these original essays assess both the opportunities that transnationalism has created and the tensions it has inadvertently fostered. By focusing on both the local and global struggles of today's feminist activists this important volume reveals much about women's changing rights, treatment and impact in the global world. Contributors: Melinda Adams, Aida Bagic, Yakin Ertürk, Myra Marx Ferree, Amy G. Mazur, Dorothy E. McBride, Hilkka Pietilä, Tetyana Pudrovska, Margaret Snyder, Sarah Swider, Aili Mari Tripp, Nira Yuval-Davis.

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