Gender Dynamics, Feminist Activism and Social Transformation in China

This book explores the extent to which women have been initiators, mobilizers, and driving forces of social transformation in China. The book considers how conceptions of womens roles have changed as China has moved from state socialism to engagement with capitalist globalization, examines the growth of womens gender and sexual consciousness and social movements for womens rights, including for marginalized social and sex/gender grouops, and discusses womens roles in society-state interactions, including many forms of social activism, cultural events, educational innovations, and more. Overall, the book demonstrates that women have not simply been passive receivers of the consequences of the forces of global capitalism, but that they have had a profound, active impact on social transformation in China.