Gender politics in Asia Woman Manoeuvring within Dominant gender orders
By: Burghoorn, Wil.
Contributor(s): Iwanaga, Kazuki | Milwertz, Cecilia | Wang Qi.
Material type: BookPublisher: NIAS press 2008Description: 221 p.: photos 22.8 cm.ISBN: 9788776940157.Subject(s): gendering asiaSummary: 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.Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | American Center for Mongolian Studies | HQ1726 .G46 2008 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | 10338 |
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.
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