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Asian American feminism has roots in Third World feminism, which emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, building upon decolonization, women's movements and movements for racial equality, and sought to create a US movement of Women of Color that transgressed nations and ethnicity. [10]
Dragon Ladies was published after the mainstream feminism movement, and Asian American movement failed to represent the issues and interests of Asian American women. Therefore, the book sets out to "describe, expand, and nurture the growing resistance of Asian American women and girls and their allies" by bringing together the reactions of ...
Women in the movement felt that dealing with sexual desire (seiyoku) was important and defining for the movement itself. [37] Women such as Iwatsuki Sumie (also known as Asatori Sumie), wrote about menstruation taboos. [38] She was also instrumental in creating women's spaces and was known for her advocacy of lesbian relationships. [39]
Asian feminist theology is a Christian feminist theology developed to be especially relevant to women in Asia and women of Asian descent. Inspired by both liberation theology and Christian feminism , it aims to contextualize them to the conditions and experiences of women and religion in Asia .
The Asian American Feminist Collective (AAFC) was founded in 2018 and is a group of scholars, organizers, and writers that seeks to engage in intersectional feminist politics grounded within communities that include East, Southeast, and South Asian, Pacific Islander, multi-ethnic and diasporic Asian identities. [1]
Established political groupings made it such that interactions between Asian women and Asian cultures were limited. The East-West (colonized-colonizer) relationship transcended as the main means of sharing information. [5] The AAWC placed the feminist conversation within a pan-Asian context, moving it away from western centers. [2]
Three Asian American Writers Speak Out on Feminism, Radical Women Publications, 2003. Yamada, M. (1981). Invisibility is an unnatural disaster: Reflections of an Asian American woman. In C. McCann, & S. Kim (eds.), Feminist theory reader: Local and global perspectives (pp. 174– 178). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis Books, Inc.
Pages in category "Asian feminists" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. J. Aasia Jeelani