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The challenge of local feminisms : women's movements in global perspective / edited by Amrita Basu with the assistance of C. Elizabeth McGrory.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Social change in global perspective (Boulder, Colo.)
- Social change in global perspective.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminism--Cross-cultural studies.
- Feminism.
- Feminism--Developing countries.
- Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 493 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : Westview Press, 1995.
- Summary:
- This groundbreaking book provides an overview of the emergence, struggles and successes of women's movements in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe and the United States. The authors negate the idea that feminism is Western-inspired and middle-class, and describe how women's movements comprise a range of struggles against gender inequality.
- Notes:
- Studies initiated by the Women's Program Forum of the Ford Foundation in preparation for the Fourth World Conference on Women, scheduled for Beijing in 1995.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813326273
- 0813326281
- OCLC:
- 32167894
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