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Human Rights and Gender Politics Anne-Marie Hilsdon

Human Rights and Gender Politics By Anne-Marie Hilsdon

Human Rights and Gender Politics by Anne-Marie Hilsdon

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Through detailed case studies drawn from the Asia-Pacific region, this text examines the critical issues raised by the embracing and expansion of the human rights discourse by feminists worldwide.

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Human Rights and Gender Politics: Asia-Pacific Perspectives by Anne-Marie Hilsdon

In recent years, the slogan women's rights are human rights has become a central claim of the of the global women's movement. Human Rights and Gender Politics: Asia-Pacific Perspectives examines the critical issues raised by this embracing and expansion of the human rights discourse by feminists worldwide.
This volume challenges the conventional, ungendered and male-centred analysis 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.

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'This book is a wonderful resource for all interested in this area and a model for future research.' - International Feminist Journal of Politics

About Anne-Marie Hilsdon

Anne-Marie Hilsdon is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Sociology,
Martha Macintyre is Senior Lecturer in Medical Anthropology,
Vera Mackie is Foundation Professor of Japanese Studies, at Curtin University, Australia,
Maila Stivens is Director of Women's Studies, both based at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction, MailaStivens; Chapter 2 Sexual violence, silence, and human rights discourse, VeraMackie; Chapter 3 The state and the women's movement, KalpanaRam; Chapter 4 Dead daughters, dissident sons, and human rights in China, AntoniaFinnane; Chapter 5 The human rights of gendered citizens, KrishnaSen; Chapter 6 Woman ikat raet long human raet o no?, MargaretJolly; Chapter 7 'Hear us, women of Papua New Guinea!', MarthaMacintyre; Chapter 8 The Contemplacion fiasco, Anne-MarieHilsdon; Chapter 9 Mothers of the disappeared in the diaspora, BerylLanger; Chapter 10 The emergence of 'modern' gay identities and the question of human rights, DennisAltman; Index;

Additional information

NPB9780415191739
9780415191739
0415191734
Human Rights and Gender Politics: Asia-Pacific Perspectives by Anne-Marie Hilsdon
Anne-Marie Hilsdon
Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies
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Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2000-06-22
252
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