Contested Public Spheres Female Activism and Identity Politics in Malaysia /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Spiegel, Anna (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2010.
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Entering the World of NGOs
• Entering the World of NGOs: The Researcher’s Trajectory
• Becoming an Activist: The Activists’ Trajectories
• Inside the World of NGOs: Constituting Female Counterpublics
• Negotiating Gender Equality and Legal Reforms: Women’s Organisations in Kuala Lumpur
• Protecting Women’s Dignity: Women’s Organisations in Kelantan
• Defending the Quality of Life in a Global Economy
• Negotiating the Public Sphere in Local and Translocal Settings
• Mechanisms of Publicness: Dress, Cultural Belonging, and Education
• Constructing New Notions of Publicness
• Negotiating Rights within Diversity: Translocal Networking and Comparisons
• Conclusion: Translocal Knowledgescapes and Transnational Public Spheres.