Challenge Of Local Feminisms

Amrita Basu is professor of political science and women's and gender studies at Amherst College. C. Elizabeth McGrory works as a consultant on reproductive health and women's rights.

• Part 1 Asia: discovering the positive within the negative - the women's movement in a changing China, Naihua Zhang and Wu Xu; from Chipko to Sati - the contemporary Indian women's movement, Radha Kumar; men in seclusion, women in public - Rokeya's dream and women's struggles in Bangladesh, Roushan Jahan; rebirthing Babaye - the women's movement in the Philippines, Lilia Quindoza Santiago. Part 2 Africa and the Middle East: the dawn of a new day - redefining South African feminism, Amanda Kemp et al; the many faces of feminism in Namibia, Dianne Hubbard and Colette Solomon; the mother of warriors and her daughters - the women's movement in Kenya, Wilhelmina Oduol and Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira; wifeism and activism - the Nigerian women's movement, Hussaina Abdullah; claiming feminism, claiming nationalism - women's activism in the occupied territories, Islah Jad. Part 3 Latin America: out of the kitchens and onto the streets - women's activism in Peru, Cecilia Blondet; democracy in the country and in the home - the women's movement in Chile, Alicia Frohmann and Teresa Valdes; Brazilian feminism and women's movements - a two-way street, Vera Soares et al; building bridges - the growth of popular feminism in Mexico, Marta Lamas et al. Part 4 Russia, Europe and the United States: democracy without women is no democracy - women's struggles in post-communist Russia, Elizabeth Waters and Anastasia Posadskaya; finding a voice - women in post-communist Central Europe, Elzbieta Matynia; extending the boundaries of citizenship - women's movements of Western Europe, Jane Jenson; feminism lives - building a multicultural women's movement in the United States, Leslie R. Wolfe and Jennifer Tucker.