Human rights and gender politics in the Asia-Pacific / edited by Anne-Marie Hilsdon ... [et. al.].
Human rights and gender politics in the Asia-Pacific / edited by Anne-Marie Hilsdon ... [et. al.].
Human rights and gender politics in the Asia-Pacific / edited by Anne-Marie Hilsdon ... [et. al.].
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Publisher
New York : Routledge, c2000.
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N323.34/ 14
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English
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Physical content
ix, 240 p. ; 24 cm.
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...
10. The emergence of 'modern' gay identities and the question of human rights / Dennis Altman.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Routledge, c2000.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2000.
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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 ar...
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Human rights and gender politics in the Asia-Pacific / edited by Anne-Marie Hilsdon ... [et. al.].
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Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ; [5]
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2000.
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N323.34/ 14
Record Identifier
74VvAjV7JxLd
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ISBN
0415191734 :
9780415191739
0415191734
9780415191739 :
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323.34
323.34095
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991013674689702626
