“Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China” by Leta Hong Fincher: Book Review

Maria Tarasenko

doi:10.22151/politikon.58.R2

“Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China” by Leta Hong Fincher

Book Review

Authors

Maria Tarasenko Hebrew University of Jerusalem https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6562-2021

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.58.R2

Keywords:

Chinese Feminism, Feminist Five, Feminist Movement, #MeToo, Authoritarian Regime

Abstract

Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China

By LETA HONG FINCHER

London, New York: Verso, 2018.

248 pp., US$18.32 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1786633644

Author Biography

Maria Tarasenko, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Maria Tarasenko is a master’s student in Chinese studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel). She obtained her bachelor’s degree in international studies from the National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia) and Kyung Hee University (Seoul, South Korea). Her research interests include contentious politics, state-society relations, and political narratives in contemporary China. Maria’s master's thesis examines forces shaping contemporary policies regarding sexual harassment in China.

Published

2024-11-30

How to Cite

Tarasenko, Maria. 2024. “‘Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China’ by Leta Hong Fincher: Book Review”. Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science 58 (November). Online:100-102. https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.58.R2.