Contested Public Spheres Female Activism and Identity Politics in Malaysia /

• Main Author: Spiegel, Anna (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2010.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Sociology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Gender Studies.

This ethnographic monograph deals with women’s organisations in an increasingly Islamised Malaysia and how they are fighting for women’s rights and gender equality. Departing from an in-depth description of the life-world of female activists, Anna Spiegel highlights the significance of the global ne...