Gender, Ethnicity, and Political Agency.

This book examines how South Asian women's collective agency is operationalized through civic organizations in the UK. Drawing on black feminist theory and third world feminism, it shows the complexity of political agency and its relationship to identity and subjectivity, and uses empirical res...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Takhar, Shaminder
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Colección:Routledge research in gender and society.
Temas:
Women > Political activity > Great Britain.
South Asians > Great Britain > Politics and government.
Feminism > Political aspects > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Race relations.
Femmes > Activité politique > Grande-Bretagne.
Féminisme > Aspect politique > Grande-Bretagne.
Feminism > Political aspects
Race relations
Women > Political activity
Grande-Bretagne > Relations raciales.
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book examines how South Asian women's collective agency is operationalized through civic organizations in the UK. Drawing on black feminist theory and third world feminism, it shows the complexity of political agency and its relationship to identity and subjectivity, and uses empirical research to demonstrate how women are empowered to resist domination. The historically racialized image of the South Asian woman as lacking in political agency is challenged through their long history of activism on the Indian subcontinent. The creation of ""critical spaces"" by South Asian women in the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9781135009618
1135009619

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