Towards an ethics of transnational encounter, or "when" does a "Chinese" woman become a "feminist"?

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Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 90-126

  Shih, Shu Mei ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Comparative and Interdisciplinary Research on Asia

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

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EID: 34247459621     PISSN: 10407391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/10407391-13-2-90     Document Type: Article

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