Chinese discourses on rurality, gender and development: a feminist critique

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 983-1007

  Jacka, Tamara ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; feminism; gender; Nancy Fraser; new rural reconstruction; participatory development

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER RELATIONS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RECONSTRUCTION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL SOCIETY; WOMENS STATUS;

CHINA;

EID: 84890937294     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2013.855723     Document Type: Article

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