Burghoorn, Wil.
Gender politics in Asia Woman Manoeuvring within Dominant gender orders - NIAS press 2008 - 221 p.: photos 22.8 cm
This book examines cultural complexities of gender by focusing on gender politics in Asia, with case studies from China, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia. It is comprehensive volume that examines multiple aspects of gender politics (in terms of dress, healing, religious ordination, NGO activism, etc) and brings interdisciplinary approaches of inquiry based on in-depth empirical data. I so doing, this book demonstrates the great diversity in gender politics an women's strategies to negotiate and change gender relations individually or collectively.
9788776940157
gendering asia
HQ1726 / .G46 2008
Gender politics in Asia Woman Manoeuvring within Dominant gender orders - NIAS press 2008 - 221 p.: photos 22.8 cm
This book examines cultural complexities of gender by focusing on gender politics in Asia, with case studies from China, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia. It is comprehensive volume that examines multiple aspects of gender politics (in terms of dress, healing, religious ordination, NGO activism, etc) and brings interdisciplinary approaches of inquiry based on in-depth empirical data. I so doing, this book demonstrates the great diversity in gender politics an women's strategies to negotiate and change gender relations individually or collectively.
9788776940157
gendering asia
HQ1726 / .G46 2008