{"product_id":"betraying-big-brother-leta-hong-fincher-9781786633651","title":"Betraying Big Brother","description":"On the eve of International Women’s Day in 2015, the Chinese government arrested five feminist activists and jailed them for 37 days. The Feminist Five became a global \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;cause célèbre\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, with Hillary Clinton speaking out on their behalf, and activists inundating social media with #FreetheFive messages. But the Feminist Five are only symbols of a much larger feminist movement of civil rights lawyers, labor activists, performance artists and online warriors that is prompting an unprecedented awakening among China’s urban, educated women. In \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Betraying Big Brother\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, journalist and scholar Leta Hong Fincher argues that the popular, broad-based movement poses the greatest threat to China’s authoritarian regime today.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Through interviews with the Feminist Five and other leading Chinese activists, Hong Fincher illuminates both the challenges they face and their \"joy of betraying Big Brother.\" Tracing the rise of a new feminist consciousness through online campaigns resembling #MeToo, and describing how the Communist regime has suppressed the history of its own feminist struggles, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Betraying Big Brother\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; is a story of how the movement against patriarchy could reconfigure China and the world.","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51284183417120,"sku":"9781786633651","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781786633651.jpg?v=1772429081","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/betraying-big-brother-leta-hong-fincher-9781786633651","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}