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Leta Hong Fincher

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Leta Hong Fincher
Born
NationalityAmerican
Other names洪理达
EducationHarvard University (BA), Stanford University (MA), Tsinghua University (PhD)
OccupationJournalist
EmployerColumbia University
Websiteletahongfincher.com

Leta Hong Fincher is an American journalist, feminist and writer. She is currently a research associate at Columbia University's Weatherhead East Asian Institute.[1]

Early life and education

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Fincher was born in British Hong Kong, to a Chinese-American mother with roots in Xiamen, Fujian, and a European-American father.[2][3] She grew up in Canberra after her parents received tenures at Australian National University.[2] Her mother, a linguist, and her father, a historian, were both Chinese scholars, and she spent a significant portion of her childhood travelling to and from China.[2][4][5][6] As a child, she spoke Mandarin at home with her mother.

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 Tsinghua University with the first PhD for sociology awarded to an American.

Career

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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.[7] She has worked at Radio Free Asia (1996–1997), Asia Television (1997–1998), CNBC Asia (1998–1999), and Voice of America (2000–2003 and 2004–2009),[8] and she has written for the New York Times, Washington Post and The Guardian.

Publications

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  • 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

References

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  1. ^ "Leta Hong Fincher | Weatherhead East Asian Institute". weai.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  2. ^ a b c Lazarus, Sarah (19 August 2016). "Author Leta Hong Fincher explains how term 'leftover women' is Chinese propaganda". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  3. ^ "三八国际妇女节特别系列(二)专访美国女权作家洪理达女士". Radio Free Asia. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Leta Hong Fincher '90". ealc.fas.harvard.edu.
  5. ^ "Leta Hong Fincher, Author at Ms. Magazine". msmagazine.com.
  6. ^ "Leta Hong Fincher". www.wellesley.edu. Albright Institute.
  7. ^ "Leta Hong Fincher". ealac.columbia.edu.
  8. ^ "Leta Hong Fincher, LinkedIn". linkedin.com.