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9780195859546

Women in Hong Kong

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195859546

  • ISBN10:

    0195859545

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1995-10-26
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

The ten essays collected here discuss various aspects of gender relations and gender inequality in Hong Kong, addressing such diverse issues as education, industrialization, the sex industry, and relations within the family.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Acknowledgements
Preface
List of Tables and Figures
Chronology of Women's Achievements
Introduction: Perspectives on Women's Issues in Hong Kongp. 1
Women and Social Change: The Impact of Industrialization on Women in Hong Kongp. 22
Women and Work: Opportunities and Experiencesp. 47
Bringing Women Back In: Family Change in Hong Kongp. 74
Women and Education in Hong Kongp. 101
Political Participationp. 133
The New Territories Inheritance Law: Colonization and the Elitesp. 167
Women and Crime in Hong Kongp. 193
Women, Health, and Medicinep. 215
Business and Pleasure: Aspects of the Commercial Sex Industryp. 244
The Women's Movement at the Crossroadsp. 276
Indexp. 292
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