Politics at the Local-Global Intersection: Meanings of Bentuhua and Transnational Feminism in China

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dc.citation.epage69en_US
dc.citation.issue1en_US
dc.citation.spage53en_US
dc.citation.volume40en_US
dc.contributor.authorWesoky, Sharon R.
dc.contributor.avlauthorWesoky, Sharon R.
dc.contributor.departmentWomen's, Gender, & Sexuality Studiesen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-21T19:08:05Z
dc.date.available2016-12-21T19:08:05Z
dc.date.issued2016-02-08
dc.description.abstractThis article examines contemporary Chinese feminism’s processes of “connecting with the international tracks” as well as bentuhua (indigenisation), arguing that these processes are inseparable from both domestic and international power relations and thus asserting the need for a critical perspective on bentuhua. An “institutionaldiscursive” focus on both political and cultural contexts reveals that the usage of bentuhua can be literally and metaphorically spatial in quality, as well as regarded as a resource that is part of the grammar of social transformation in China. Neoliberal globalisation promotes a “project”-oriented approach to feminist activism that has benefits and costs. Transnationalism can be a source of resistance to the continued authoritarian party-state, as well as to homogenising effects of nationalist tendencies. Thus, from a theoretical standpoint it is useful to comprehend contemporary Chinese feminist thought from the understanding that the local and the global are inextricably interconnected.en_US
dc.description.embargoThis version of the article is available for viewing to the public after August 2, 2017.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationWesoky, S.R. (2016). Politics at the local-global intersection: Meanings of Bentuhua and transnational feminism in China. <i>Asian Studies Review 40</i>(1), 53-69. doi: 10.1080/10357823.2015.1123217en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10357823.2015.1123217
dc.identifier.issn1035-7823
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10456/42210
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAsian Studies Association of Australiaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAsian Studies Reviewen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2015.1123217en_US
dc.rights18 Month Embargo.en_US
dc.subjectChinese Feminismen_US
dc.subjectFeminismen_US
dc.subjectChinaen_US
dc.subjectbentuhuaen_US
dc.subjecttransnationalismen_US
dc.titlePolitics at the Local-Global Intersection: Meanings of Bentuhua and Transnational Feminism in Chinaen_US
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