ASAA Women in Asia Series – serie
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114 produkter
Women, Work and Care in the Asia-Pacific
Av Marian Baird, Michele Ford m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
769 kr
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This book provides a comparative analysis of the social, economic, industrial and migration dynamics that structure women’s paid work and unpaid care work experience in the Asia-Pacific region. Each country-focused chapter examines the formal and informal ways in which work and care are managed, …
Islam, Women's Sexuality and Patriarchy in Indonesia
Silent Desire
Av Irma Riyani
Inbunden, 2020
2502 kr
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This book explores the intimate marital relationships of Indonesian Muslim married women. As well as describing and analysing their sexual relationships, the book also investigates how Islam influences discourses of sexuality in Indonesia, and in particular how Islamic teachings affect Muslim …
North Korea's Women-led Grassroots Capitalism
Av Bronwen Dalton, Kyungja Jung
Inbunden, 2023
2502 kr
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North Korea is in the throes of economic and social, if not political, transition. These changes have a pronounced gender dimension: the crisis of the command economy and the gradual emergence of an informal market economy, where, remarkably, the vast majority of North Korea’s traders and merchants …
North Korea's Women-led Grassroots Capitalism
Av Bronwen Dalton, Kyungja Jung
Häftad, 2025
703 kr
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North Korea is in the throes of economic and social, if not political, transition. These changes have a pronounced gender dimension: the crisis of the command economy and the gradual emergence of an informal market economy, where, remarkably, the vast majority of North Korea’s traders and merchants …
Women, Media, and Power in Indonesia
Inbunden, 2021
2502 kr
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This book demonstrates the crucial link between gender and structures of power in democratic Indonesia, and the role of the online news media in regulating this relationship of power. Using critical discourse analysis (CDA) as a theoretical framework, and social actor analysis as the methodological …
Women, Media, and Power in Indonesia
Häftad, 2023
689 kr
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This book demonstrates the crucial link between gender and structures of power in democratic Indonesia, and the role of the online news media in regulating this relationship of power. Using critical discourse analysis (CDA) as a theoretical framework, and social actor analysis as the methodological …
Women's Empowerment in Indonesia
A Poor Community in Jakarta
Häftad, 2020
718 kr
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The idea that development projects in poor countries are most effective when they harness the agency of women is a well known theme. Most studies of women’s agency in such projects, however, focus on the role of non-governmental organizations in facilitating women’s agency. This book, on the other …
Comfort Women and Post-Occupation Corporate Japan
Häftad, 2020
669 kr
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This book provides an overview of the Japanese sex industry in the years of Japan’s postwar economic boom. It argues that the origins of gender inequality in contemporary Japan resulted from the policies put in place during this period, when there was instituted a “sexual contract” which provided …
Islam, Women's Sexuality and Patriarchy in Indonesia
Silent Desire
Av Irma Riyani
Häftad, 2022
669 kr
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This book explores the intimate marital relationships of Indonesian Muslim married women. As well as describing and analysing their sexual relationships, the book also investigates how Islam influences discourses of sexuality in Indonesia, and in particular how Islamic teachings affect Muslim …
Hong Kong Rural Women under Chinese Rule
Gender Politics, Reunification and Globalisation in Post-colonial Hong Kong
Av Isabella Ng
Häftad, 2020
709 kr
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This book explores gender dynamics in the indigenous villages (also known as walled villages) in post-handover Hong Kong. It looks at how Hong Kong’s reunification with China has impacted the walled villagers, in particular the women, and how the walled villages’ current gender dynamics in return …
Marriage, Gender and Islam in Indonesia
Women Negotiating Informal Marriage, Divorce and Desire
Av Maria Platt
Häftad, 2019
718 kr
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Marriage is central to Indonesia’s social fabric and critical in defining socially legitimate relationships. This book offers a rich anthropological account of Muslim Indonesian women’s experiences of courtship, love, marital discord and separation, polygamy, divorce and remarriage. By applying a …
Gender, Violence and Power in Indonesia
Across Time and Space
Av Katharine McGregor, Ana Dragojlovic m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2502 kr
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This book uses an interdisciplinary approach to chart how various forms of violence – domestic, military, legal and political – are not separate instances of violence, but rather embedded in structural inequalities brought about by colonialism, occupation and state violence. The book explores both …
Women's Movement in Postcolonial Indonesia
Gender and Nation in a New Democracy
Inbunden, 2004
2502 kr
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This book examines women's activism in the early years of independent Indonesia when new attitudes to gender, nationalism, citizenship and democratization were forming. It questions the meaning of democratization for women and their relationship to national sovereignty within the new Indonesian …
Chinese Women - Living and Working
Av Anne McLaren
Inbunden, 2003
2502 kr
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This book presents significant new findings on new domains of employment for women in China's burgeoning market economy of the 1990s and the twenty-first century. Experts in gender, politics, media studies, and anthropology discuss the impact of economic reform and globalization on Chinese women in …
Women, Islam and Modernity
Single Women, Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Contemporary Indonesia
Inbunden, 2005
2502 kr
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In popular debates about reproductive and sexual rights, formal religions, especially Islam, are seen as barriers providing institutional and ideological resistance to women's realization of reproductive and social autonomy. This book challenges this simplified view of Islam. Based on original …
Sexual Violence and the Law in Japan
Inbunden, 2005
2466 kr
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This book provides a detailed examination of judicial decision-making in Japanese cases involving sexual violence. It describes the culture of 'eroticised violence' in Japan, which sees the feminine body as culpable and the legal system which encourages homogeneity and conformity in decision-making …
Abortion, Sin and the State in Thailand
Inbunden, 2004
3053 kr
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This book discusses abortion in a non-Western, non-Christian context - in Thailand, where over 300,000 illegal abortions are performed each year by a variety of methods. The book, based on extensive original research in the field, examines a wide range of issues, including stories of the real-life …
Gender Diversity in Indonesia
Sexuality, Islam and Queer Selves
Inbunden, 2010
2502 kr
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Indonesia provides particularly interesting examples of gender diversity. Same-sex relations, transvestism and cross-gender behaviour have long been noted amongst a wide range of Indonesian peoples. This book explores the nature of gender diversity in Indonesia, and with the world’s largest Muslim …
Gender, Nation and State in Modern Japan
Av Andrea Germer, Vera Mackie m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
2816 kr
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Gender, Nation and State in Modern Japan makes a unique contribution to the international literature on the formation of modern nation–states in its focus on the gendering of the modern Japanese nation-state from the late nineteenth century to the present. References to gender relations are deeply …
Women and Work in Indonesia
Inbunden, 2008
2502 kr
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This book examines the meaning of work for women in contemporary Indonesia. It takes a broad definition of work in order to interrogate assumptions about work and economic activity, focusing on what women themselves see as their work, which includes not only paid employment, home life and child …
Chinese Women - Living and Working
Av Anne McLaren
Häftad, 2006
747 kr
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This book presents significant new findings on new domains of employment for women in China's burgeoning market economy of the 1990s and the twenty-first century. Experts in gender, politics, media studies, and anthropology discuss the impact of economic reform and globalization on Chinese women in …
Women and Labour Organizing in Asia
Diversity, Autonomy and Activism
Av Kaye Broadbent, Michele Ford
Inbunden, 2007
2502 kr
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This book investigates the role of women and labour activism in Asia, demonstrating that women have been active in union and non union based campaigns throughout the region. Although focusing primarily on women, the contributions to this book address issues that affect all workers. Chapters on …
Gender, Islam and Democracy in Indonesia
Inbunden, 2008
2502 kr
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This book explores the relationship between gender, religion and political action in Indonesia, examining the patterns of gender orders that have prevailed in recent history, and demonstrating the different forms of social power this has afforded to women. It sets out the part played by women in …
Women, Islam and Modernity
Single Women, Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Contemporary Indonesia
Häftad, 2007
747 kr
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In popular debates about reproductive and sexual rights, formal religions, especially Islam, are seen as barriers providing institutional and ideological resistance to women's realization of reproductive and social autonomy. This book challenges this simplified view of Islam. Based on original …
Gender, Household and State in Post-Revolutionary Vietnam
Av Jayne Werner
Inbunden, 2008
2502 kr
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This book examines gender in post-revolutionary Vietnam, focusing on gender relations in the family and state since the onset of economic reform in 1986. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources (including surveys, interviews, and responses to film screenings), Jayne Werner demonstrates that …
Feminist Movements in Contemporary Japan
Av Laura Dales
Inbunden, 2009
2502 kr
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In contemporary Japan there is much ambivalence about women’s roles, and the term "feminism" is not widely recognised or considered relevant. Nonetheless, as this book shows, there is a flourishing feminist movement in contemporary Japan. The book investigates the features and effects of feminism …
Women, Islam and Everyday Life
Renegotiating Polygamy in Indonesia
Av Nina Nurmila
Inbunden, 2009
2502 kr
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This book examines Islam and women’s everyday life, focusing in particular on the highly controversial issue of polygamy. It discusses the competing interpretations of the Qur’anic verses that are at the heart of Muslim controversies over polygamy, with some groups believing that Islam enshrines …
Young Women in Japan
Transitions to Adulthood
Inbunden, 2009
3053 kr
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Young women in Japan: Transitions to adulthood received a CHOICE "Outstanding Academic Title of the Year 2010" award from the American Library Association.This book examines young women in Japan, focusing in particular on their transitions to adulthood, their conceptions of adulthood and relations …
Sex, Love and Feminism in the Asia Pacific
A Cross-Cultural Study of Young People's Attitudes
Inbunden, 2008
2502 kr
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‘Sex, love and feminism’ are three aspects of the rapidly changing gender relations that shape young people’s lives in the Asia Pacific region. Much has been written about rapidly changing countries in Asia, most recently China and India. With the global spread of capitalist production and …
Gender, State and Social Power in Contemporary Indonesia
Divorce and Marriage Law
Inbunden, 2008
2577 kr
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This book examines gender, state and social power in Indonesia, focusing in particular on state regulation of divorce from 1965 to 2005 and its impact on women. Indonesia experienced high divorce rates in the 1950s and 1960s, followed by a remarkable decline. Already falling divorce rates were …
