Women's suffrage in Asia : gender, nationalism and democracy /
edited by Louise Edwards and Mina Roces.
- xvi, 253 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
- RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ; 16 .
- RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ; 16. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : orienting the global women's suffrage movement / Is the suffragist an American colonial construct? : defining 'the Filipino woman' in colonial Philippines / Chinese women's campaigns for suffrage : nationalism, Confucianism and political agency / Women's suffrage and democracy in Indonesia / Women's suffrage in Viet Nam / Citizenship and suffrage in interwar Japan / Expanding their realm : women and public agency in colonial Korea / The politics of women's suffrage in Thailand / Tradition, law and the female suffrage movement in India / Settler anxieties, indigenous peoples and women's suffrage in the colonies of Australia, New Zealand and Hawai'i, 1888 to 1902 / Louise Edwards and Mina Roges -- Mina Roces -- Louise Edwards -- Susan Blackburn -- Micheline R. Lessard -- Barbara Molony -- Ken Wells -- Tamara Loos -- Gail Pearson -- Patricia Grimshaw. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"This book explores the gendered histories of democracy, governance and citizenship is Asia within the context of the global women's suffrage movement. The book analyses women's experiences of politics and their negotiations for greater access to power and representation. It explains why the history of suffrage is neglected in the various nationalist historiographies and untangles the connections between culture, religion, nationalism and colonialism in the context of women's struggles for democratic rights."--BOOK JACKET.