Book review: Neighbourhoods for the City in Pacific Asia

Abstract

Women Rising’s short chapter format is a key difference from other recently released readers. It is precisely this format that conveys complex ideas concisely. However, with only a few pages per chapter readers should expect to leave with some homework regardless of their scholastic backgrounds. More importantly, they should be prepared to citation chase outside. Each article offers enough of a small taste to drive a desire to read more. While it can feel a bit unsettling to flip in and out of decades or between countries, the individual pieces are full enough to stand on their own even as they prick questions. The result is a text that could easily serve as a course reader with selected sections augmented by outside pieces, or as broad reading for a scholar focused on themes in women’s activism.