Leta Hong Fincher
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Leta Hong Fincher is an American journalist, feminist and writer.
Biography
Fincher attended Harvard University, where she completed her bachelor's degree in 1990, and later Stanford University for her master's degree in East Asian Studies. She graduated from Tsing Hua University with the first PhD for sociology awarded to an American.
Fincher has written for several publications about feminism, especially in China. For her reports on women and feminism in China, Fincher won the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi award.[1] Fincher's parents were both Chinese scholars and she spent a significant portion of her childhood travelling to China.[2][3][4]
She has also worked at Radio Free Asia (1996–1997), Asia Television (1997–1998), CNBC Asia (1998–1999), and Voice of America (2000–2003 and 2004–2009).[5]
Works
- Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China, Zed Books, 2014. ISBN 978-1780329222 [5][6]
- Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China, Verso Books, 2018. ISBN 978-1786633644 [7][8][9]
Sources
- ^ "Leta Hong Fincher". ealac.columbia.edu.
- ^ "Leta Hong Fincher '90". ealc.fas.harvard.edu.
- ^ "Leta Hong Fincher, Author at Ms. Magazine". msmagazine.com.
- ^ "Leta Hong Fincher". www.wellesley.edu. Albright Institute.
- ^ "Leta Hong Fincher, LinkedIn". linkedin.com.