University of British Columbia Press
Gender and Change in Hong Kong
Globalization, Postcolonialism, and Chinese Patriarchy
Distributed for University of British Columbia Press
Gender and Change in Hong Kong
Globalization, Postcolonialism, and Chinese Patriarchy
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Introduction: Gender and Change in Hong Kong / Eliza W.Y. Lee
2. Engendering a Legal System: The Unique Challenge of Postcolonial Hong Kong / Carole J. Petersen
3. Women’s Activism during Hong Kong’s Political Transition / Lisa Fischler
4. Individualism and Patriarchy: The Identity of Entrepreneurial Women Lawyers in Hong Kong / Eliza W.Y. Lee
5. Withering Away of the Hong Kong Dream? Women Workers under Industrial Restructuring / Stephen Wing-Kai Chiu and Ching-Kwan Lee
6. Discourse on Baau Yih Naai (Keeping Concubines): Questions of Citizenship and Identity in Postcolonial Hong Kong / Ka-Ming Wu
7. Negotiating Gender Identity: Postcolonialism and Hong Kong Christian Women / Wai-Ching Wong
8. Empowering Mobility: "Astronaut" Women in Australia / Siumi Maria Tam
9. Prospects for the Development of a Critical Feminist Discourse / Eliza W.Y. Lee
Notes on Contributors
Index