Women, Gender and Rural Development in China

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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China's countryside is being transformed by rapid, far-reaching development. This wide-reaching and multidisciplinary book questions whether gender politics are changing in response to this development, and explores how gender politics inform and are reproduced or reconfigured in the languages, knowledge, processes and practices of development in rural China. The contributors - prominent scholars in the fields of political science, sociology, gender, development and Chinese studies - argue that although gender has been elided in recent development policies, women have been singled out as a 'vulnerable group' requiring protection, instruction and 'empowerment' from paternalistic state and NGOs. Nevertheless, development has facilitated the dissemination of gender equality as an ideal and institutional norm, increased the channels through which women can advance claims for equal rights, and expanded the possibilities for agency available to them. Drawing on extensive field research in sites across China, from remote communities in Inner Mongolia and Guizhou to the fringes of expanding cities, the contributors illustrate how different women are bringing their own aspirations for development to bear in the momentous changes occurring in rural China. This compelling and thought-provoking book will be of interest to scholars, students and researchers in the fields of public and social policy, sociology, political economy, anthropology, gender and development.Contributors: L. Bossen, L. Eklund, Y. Huang, C. Ingram, T. Jacka, H. Ross, S. Sargeson, S.R. Wesoky, S. Yu, L. Yang, J. Zhao

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Utgivningsdatum2012-07-30
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781781000458

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Contents:Introduction: Conceptualizing Women, Gender and Rural Development in ChinaTamara Jacka and Sally SargesonPART I: WOMEN SHAPING DEVELOPMENT1. Gender, Citizenship and Agency in Land DevelopmentSally Sargeson and Song Yu2. Labour, Leisure, Gender and Generation: The Organization of ‘Wan’ and the Notion of ‘Gender Equality’ in Contemporary Rural ChinaYuqin Huang3. Taking the Stage: Rural Kam Women and Contemporary Kam ‘Cultural Development’Catherine Ingram, with Wu Jialing, Wu Meifang, Wu Meixiang, Wu Pinxian and Wu Xuegui (Kam singers and song experts)PART II: TANGLED TIES: POLICIES, INSTITUTIONS AND DISCOURSES4. Reproduction and Real Property in Rural China: Three Decades of Development and DiscriminationLaurel Bossen5. ‘Good Citizens Prefer Daughters’: Gender, Rurality and the Care for Girls CampaignLisa Eklund6. Challenging the Gendered Dimensions of Schooling: The State, NGOs and Transnational AlliancesHeidi RossPART III: THE GLOBAL, THE LOCAL AND THE PROJECT7. Developing Yunnan’s Rural and Ethnic Minority Women: A Development Practitioner’s Self-reflectionsZhao Jie8. Engendering the Local: Globalization, Development and the ‘Empowerment’ of Chinese Rural WomenSharon R. Wesoky9. Myths and Realities: Gender and Participation in a Donor-aided Project in Northern ChinaYang LichaoReferencesIndex

‘Women, Gender and Rural Development in China is a superbly rich volume of thickly textured, reflective, and critical accounts of gendered processes of rural development. There is no doubt that it will make a significant contribution to the field of gender and rural development. This engaging edited volume will be essential reading for students and researchers of gender, development, and China.’

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