| Description |
ix, 240 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ; 4 |
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Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ; 4
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: gender politics and the reimagining of human rights in the Asia-Pacific / Maila Stivens -- 2. Sexual violence, silence, and human rights discourse: the emergence of the military prostitution issue / Vera Mackie -- 3. The state and the women's movement: instabilities in the discourse of 'rights' in India / Kalpana Ram -- 4. Dead daughters, dissident sons, and human rights in China / Antonia Finnane -- 5. The human rights of gendered citizens: notes from Indonesia / Krishna Sen -- 6. Woman ikat raet long human raet o no?: women's rights, human rights, and domestic violence in Vanuatu / Margaret Jolly -- 7. 'Hear us, women of Papua New Guinea!': Melanesian women and human rights / Martha Macintyre |
| Summary |
"Through detailed case studies drawn from the Asia-Pacific region, this book explores the tensions between an apparently universalizing discourse of human rights and increasing awareness of the complexities of women's politics of difference. It questions how feminists negotiate controversial issues such as 'rights' and 'cultural relativism', and argues for an increased focus on the ways in which human rights claims are embedded in highly specific local contexts, histories and struggles." |
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"This volume challenges conventional, un-gendered and male-centred analyses of the politics of human rights and addresses the future of global feminisms. It is essential reading for all those interested in learning more about human rights and women's rights in the Asia-Pacific region."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Asia.
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Human rights -- Pacific Area.
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Women -- Asia -- Social conditions.
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Women -- Pacific Area -- Social conditions.
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Women's rights -- Asia.
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Women's rights -- Pacific Area.
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| Author |
Hilsdon, Anne-Marie.
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| LC no. |
99059821 |
| ISBN |
0415191734 |
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9780415191739 |
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