Gender Politics in the Asia-Pacific Region (Routledge International Studies of Women and Place: No.3)

By: Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Peggy Teo and Shirlena Huang

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Synopsis: Amidst the unevenness and unpredictability of change in the Asia-Pacific region, women's lives are being transformed. This volume takes up the challenge of exploring the ways in which women are active players, collaborators, participants, leaders and resistors in the politics of change in the region. The editors focus attention on the politics of gender as a mobilizing centre for identities, and the ways in which individualized identity politics may be linked to larger collective emancipatory projects based on shared interests, practical needs, or common threats. Collectively, the chapters illustrate the complexity of women's strategies, the diversity of sites for action, and the flexibility of their alliances as they carve out niches for themselves in what are still largely patriarchal worlds. This book will be of vital interest to scholars in a range of subjects, including gender studies, human geography, women's studies, Asian studies, sociology and anthropology.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781134624508
Related ISBNs:: 9780203994177, 9780415206600, 9780415206600, 9780415695343, 9780415695343
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 05/15/20
Copyrighted By:: Selection and editorial material Brenda S.A. Yeoh, Peggy Teo and Shirlena Huang
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Earth Sciences, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Brenda S. Yeoh
Edited by:: Peggy Teo
Edited by:: Shirlena Huang