Gender and Change in Hong Kong : Globalization, Postcolonialism, and Chinese Patriarchy.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Gender and Change in Hong Kong -- 2 Engendering a Legal System: The Unique Challenge of Postcolonial Hong Kong -- 3 Women's Activism during Hong Kong's Political Transition -- 4 Individualism and Patriarchy: The Identity of Entrepreneurial Women Lawyers in Hong Kong -- 5 Withering Away of the Hong Kong Dream? Women Workers under Industrial Restructuring -- 6 Discourse on Baau Yih Naai (Keeping Concubines): Questions of Citizenship and Identity in Postcolonial Hong Kong -- 7 Negotiating Gender Identity: Postcolonialism and Hong Kong Christian Women -- 8 Empowering Mobility: "Astronaut" Women in Australia -- 9 Prospects for the Development of a Critical Feminist Discourse -- Notes on Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

This sophisticated collection of essays provides an innovative analysis of gender relations at the nexus of globalization, Chinese patriarchy, and post-colonialism in Hong Kong.

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