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GATHER YOUR STRENGTH, SISTERS: THE EMERGING ROLE OF CHINESE WOMEN COMMUNITY WORKERS (AMERICAN CHINATOWNS).

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Title/Author:	GATHER YOUR STRENGTH, SISTERS: THE EMERGING ROLE OF CHINESE WOMEN COMMUNITY WORKERS (AMERICAN CHINATOWNS)./
Author:	YAP, STACEY GUAT-HONG.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 1983,
Description:	236 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 44-07, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International44-07A.
Subject:	Minority & ethnic groups. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=8309801
ISBN:	9798662259676

GATHER YOUR STRENGTH, SISTERS: THE EMERGING ROLE OF CHINESE WOMEN COMMUNITY WORKERS (AMERICAN CHINATOWNS).
YAP, STACEY GUAT-HONG.

GATHER YOUR STRENGTH, SISTERS: THE EMERGING ROLE OF CHINESE WOMEN COMMUNITY WORKERS (AMERICAN CHINATOWNS). - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1983 - 236 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 44-07, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University Graduate School, 1983.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

This study explores the lives and work of a group of Chinese women community workers in a North American Chinatown. The study views the Chinese community as an internal colony. Community work is seen as a form of resistance to cultural and economic assaults and as essential to the maintenance and survival of the community. The primary data consist of thirty-two open-ended interviews with women community workers, categorized as volunteers, professionals, officials and activists in "Northville" Chinatown. In addition to the interviews, materials from participant observation in community organizations, newspaper files, organizational documents and reports are used to examine women's community work. The study provides evidence that women's public participation in the community is political in that they mobilize themselves to set goals, implement actions and accomplish results in planning for the community. In addition, their participation has historical precedent in that Chinese women have participated actively since the 1940's. They not only formed their own organization to mobilize political and economic support for China but also helped in building the many service and grass roots organizations operating in the Chinese community today. In examining their personal struggles and strength in fighting for the community, this study also underlines the important step women have taken in going beyond the traditional close kin network to form a broader-based network that enables them to better mobilize resources, expertise and support in serving the Chinese community. This thesis demonstrates that even though the Chinese community's development has been shaped and controlled historically by outside forces, the community has not remained passive. The study on women's community work provides a perspective in looking at organized resistance strategies that affect the political realities and development in the Chinese community today.

ISBN: 9798662259676Subjects--Topical Terms:

3422415
Minority & ethnic groups.

GATHER YOUR STRENGTH, SISTERS: THE EMERGING ROLE OF CHINESE WOMEN COMMUNITY WORKERS (AMERICAN CHINATOWNS).
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