Feminism and nationaism in the Third World
By: Kumari Jayawardena
Publisher: Zed; Zed Books
Published: 1986
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Feminism -- Developing countries; Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions
Description: This book is about the history of those political struggles women launched in the Asian countries of India, Sri Lanka, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, Korea and the Philippines, and the Middle Eastern countries of Egypt, Turkey and Iran from the late 19th century onwards. The author challenges the view that feminism is a foreign ideology currently being imposed on Third World countries.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 263-269