3 Women’s Activism during Hong Kong’s Political Transition

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1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction: Gender and Change in Hong Kong 3
5. Engendering a Legal System: The Unique Challenge of Postcolonial Hong Kong 23
6. Women’s Activism during Hong Kong’s Political Transition 49
7. Individualism and Patriarchy: The Identity of Entrepreneurial Women Lawyers in Hong Kong 79
8. Withering Away of the Hong Kong Dream? Women Workers under Industrial Restructuring 97
9. Discourse on Baau Yih Naai (Keeping Concubines): Questions of Citizenship and Identity in Postcolonial Hong Kong 133
10. Negotiating Gender Identity: Postcolonialism and Hong Kong Christian Women 151
11. Empowering Mobility: “Astronaut” Women in Australia 177
12. Prospects for the Development of a Critical Feminist Discourse 200
13. Notes on Contributors 208
14. Index 210