Hong Kong Rural Women under Chinese Rule
This book explores gender dynamics in the indigenous villages (also known as walled villages) in post-handover Hong Kong. It looks at how Hong Kongs reunification with China has impacted the walled villagers, in particular the women, and how the walled villages current gender dynamics in return reflects the changes that have happened in Hong Kong after the reunification with China. It traces the historical development of the walled villages, outlines the nature of walled-village society, and explores the changes currently at work including the erosion of the rural/urban divide, the increasing participation of indigenous women in Hong Kong society more widely and the breakdown of traditional social norms, especially patriarchy.
Isabella Ng is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian and Policy Studies, at the Education University of Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong Rural Women under Chinese Rule
Gender Politics, Reunification and Globalisation in Post-colonial Hong Kong
Isabella Ng
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Names: Ng, Isabella, author.
Title: Hong Kong rural women under Chinese rule : gender politics, reunification and globalization in post-colonial Hong Kong / Isabella Ng.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019. | Series: Asian Studies Association of Australia women in Asia series ; 52 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019016153 (print) | LCCN 2019018204 (ebook) | ISBN 9781351019866 (eBook) | ISBN 9781351019859 (Adobe Reader) | ISBN 9781351019835 (Mobipocket) | ISBN 9781351019842 (ePub3) | ISBN 9781138497078 (hardback)
Subjects: LCSH: Rural womenChinaHong KongSocial conditions. | VillagesChinaHong Kong. | Village communitiesChinaHong Kong. | Hong Kong (China)Politics and government1997-
Classification: LCC HQ1781 (ebook) | LCC HQ1781 .N43 3029 (print) | DDC 305.4095125dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019016153
ISBN: 978-1-138-49707-8 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-351-01986-6 (ebk)
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This book is dedicated to God and my parents, for their blessings and love;
and to the women fighters and women who have come a long way
Contents
The contributions of women to the social, political and economic transformations occurring in the Asian region are legion. Women have served as leaders of nations, communities, workplaces, activist groups and families. Asian women have joined with others to participate in fomenting change at micro and macro-levels. They have been both agents and targets of national and international interventions in social policy. In the performance of these myriad roles women have forged new and modern gendered identities that are recognisably global and local. Their experiences are rich, diverse and instructive. The books in this series testify to the central role women play in creating the new Asia and re-creating Asian womanhood. Moreover, these books reveal the resilience and inventiveness of women around the Asian region in the face of entrenched and evolving patriarchal social norms.
Scholars publishing in this series demonstrate a commitment to promoting the productive conversation between Gender Studies and Asian Studies. The need to understand the diversity of experiences of femininity and womanhood around the world increases inexorably as globalisation proceeds apace. Lessons from the experiences of Asian women present us with fresh opportunities for building new possibilities for womens progress the world over.
The Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) sponsors this publication series as part of its on-going commitment to promoting knowledge about women in Asia. In particular, the ASAA Womens Forum provides the intellectual vigour and enthusiasm that maintains the Women in Asia Series (WIAS). The aim of the series, since its inception in 1990, is to promote knowledge about women in Asia to both academic and general audiences. To this end, WIAS books draw on a wide range of disciplines including anthropology, sociology, political science, cultural studies, media studies, literature and history. The series prides itself on being an outlet for cutting-edge research conducted by recent PhD graduates and postdoctoral fellows from throughout the region.
