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1. 1. Here to be Heard : Digital feminist engagement with #MeTooinChina

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Lu Zheng; [2019]
   Keywords : feminist engagement in China; civic agency; civic engagement; #MeTooinChina; online political engagement; censorship; digital feminist activism; networked social movement; women’s rights movement in China; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study analyses Chinese people's engagement in #MeTooinChina against sexual assault and patriarchal norms in Chinese society by asking three main research questions: 1) Why and how do Chinese people engage with #MeTooinChina? 2) What challenges are they faced with in their engagement and how do these challenges influence their continuous engagement with #MeTooinChina? 3) How do they reflect on their engagement and evaluate the outcomes of #MeTooinChina? Theoretically the thesis draws on research into digital social movements, in particular in relation to feminist movements, as well as theories on the network society and how social media is used for political engagement. The notion of political engagement as based in emotions and affects is discussed in particular. READ MORE

3. 2. Youth Feminist Activism in China: An Ethnographic Analysis of an Innovative Action-oriented Feminism

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Danyang Wu; [2015]
   Keywords : Youth Feminist Activism; Chinese Feminist Movement; Radicalism; Action-oriented Feminism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In the spring of 2015, five young feminist activists were arrested by the Chinese police for allegedly ‘causing trouble’, which resulted in global attention aimed at this new wave of feminist movement. Youth feminist activism have made their voice heard in China through numerous actions for gender equality since 2012. READ MORE

4. 3. Women's Organizations in China : from Affiliation to Autonomy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Yang Chen; [2005]
   Keywords : China; Kina; women s organizations; kvinnor; organisationer; gender; genus; Gender studies; Genusvetenskap; Social structures; Sociala strukturer; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : China has stepped into a new phase of women's movement with the evolution of women's organizing context. Women's organizations and activities in China have been mostly state-led., focusing on monolithic womanhood and socialist feminism. READ MORE

5. 4. Women’s Organizations in China : from Affiliation to Autonomy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Yang Cheng; [2004]
   Keywords : gender; women s movement; china; women s organizations; All-China Women’s Federation; ACWF; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : China has stepped into a new phase of women’s movement with the evolution of women’s organizing context. Women’s organizations and activities in China have been mostly state-led., focusing on monolithic womanhood and socialist feminism. READ MORE