Chinese Women Organizing : Cadres, Feminists, Muslims, Queers

In the process of helping women to help themselves, female activists have assumed a decisive role in negotiating social and political transformations in Chinese society. This is the first book that describes and analyzes the new phase of women's organizing in China, which started in the 1980s, and remains a vital force to the present day. The political and social changes taking place in contemporary Chinese society have, surprisingly, received scant attention. This volume enriches our understanding of the working of grassroots democracy in China by exploring women's popular organizing activities and their interaction with party-state institutions. By subjecting these activities to both empirical enquiry and theoretical scrutiny, a rigorous analysis of the exchange, dialogue, negotiation and transformation among and within three groups of political actors - popular women's groups, religious groups and the All China Women's Federation - is concisely presented to the reader. This book will be of tremendous interest to students of Chinese Studies, Political Science and Gender Studies alike. New Spaces, New Voices : Women Organizing In Twentieth-century China / Elisabeth Croll -- Chinese Queer (tongzhi) Women Organizing In The 1990's / He Xiaopei -- East Meets West Feminist Translation Group : A Conversation Between Two Participants / Ge Youli And Susan Jolly -- Feminist Collaboration Between Diaspora And China / Xiaolan Bao And Wu Xu -- In Search Of Sacred Women's Organizations / Shui Jingjun -- All China Women's Federation : Challenges And Trends / Jin Yihong -- All The China Women's Federation And Women's Ngos / Liu Bohong -- Searching For 'authentic' Ngos : The Ngo Discourse And Women's Organizations In China / Naihua Zhang -- Strategies And Space : A Case Study / Gao Xiaoxian -- The Women's Media Watch Network / Cai Yiping, Feng Yuan And Guo Yanqiu -- 'manoeuvring Fate' And 'following The Call' : Development And Prospects Of Women's Studies / Du Fangqin. Edited By Ping-chun Hsiung, Maria Jaschok And Cecilia Milwertz With Red Chan [interpreter] Outgrowth Of Discussions And Papers Presented At The Workshop Entitled Women Organizing In China, Held At Oxford University In 1999. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 309-321) And Index. In the process of helping women to help themselves, female activists have assumed a decisive role in negotiating social and political transformations in Chinese society.This is the first book that describes and analyzes the new phase of women's organizing in China, which started in the 1980s, and remains a vital force to the present day. The political and social changes taking place in contemporary Chinese society have, surprisingly, received scant attention. This volume enriches our understanding of the working of grassroots democracy in China by exploring women's popular organizing activities and their interaction with party-state institutions. By subjecting these activities to both empirical inquiry and theoretical scrutiny, a rigorous analysis of the exchange, dialogue, negotiation and transformation among and within three groups of political actors -- popular women's groups, religious groups and the All China Women's Federation -- is concisely presented to the reader.This book will be of tremendous interest to students of Chinese Studies, Political Science and Gender Studies, alike.