Intimate and the Public in Asian and Global Perspectives – serie
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Asian Women and Intimate Work
Av Emiko Ochiai
Inbunden, 2013
1724 kr
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Winner of the 2014 Choice Outstanding Academic Title AwardAsian women are often labelled with biased stereotypical images, ranging from “subordinate housewife” to “migrant domestic maid,” and “overseas bride.” Asian women, in fact, are being constructed as “women among women.” These feminine roles …
Patriarchy in East Asia
A Comparative Sociology of Gender
Inbunden, 2013
1609 kr
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The role and significance of patriarchy in East Asia varies greatly according to the interplay between deeply entrenched cultural norms, economic change, and government policy. The aim of this book, therefore, is to offer an historical perspective on these issues combined with an analysis of the …
Images of Familial Intimacy in Eastern and Western Art
Inbunden, 2014
2781 kr
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Images of Familial Intimacy in Eastern and Western Art offers a comparative art and socio-historical analysis of selected images of familial intimacy in Asia and Europe from the pre-modern era to the present day based on an examination of the value systems and expectations existing at the time in …
Weaving Women's Spheres in Vietnam
The Agency of Women in Family, Religion and Community
Inbunden, 2015
1749 kr
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Weaving Women’s Spheres in Vietnam offers an in-depth study of the status of women in Vietnamese society through an examination of their roles in the context of family, religious and local community life from anthropological, historical and sociological perspectives. Unlike previous works on gender …
Family and Social Change in Socialist and Post-Socialist Societies
Change and Continuity in Eastern Europe and East Asia
Inbunden, 2014
2472 kr
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In Family and Social Change in Socialist and Post-Socialist Societies, the authors address the social transformations of eight transitional societies in recent decades (Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, China and Vietnam). Each chapter discusses a different society and reveals …
Transformation of the Intimate and the Public in Asian Modernity
Av Emiko Ochiai
Inbunden, 2014
1762 kr
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This volume, the first major study in its field, offers an invaluable stepping-stone to a more informed understanding of the fundamental social changes taking place in Asia – defined as ‘a reconstruction of the intimate and public spheres’. Such changes are being observed worldwide, but previous …
Labor Markets, Gender and Social Stratification in East Asia
A Global Perspective
Inbunden, 2015
1749 kr
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Following the Asian economic crisis of the 1990s, this is the first book to examine the structure and transformation of the labor markets and social stratification of contemporary East Asia, namely Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China, focusing in particular on gender inequality. It deals with social …
Care Relations in Southeast Asia
The Family and Beyond
Av Patcharawalai Wongboonsin, Jo-pei Tan
Inbunden, 2018
2052 kr
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Care Relations in Southeast Asia: The Family and Beyond, edited by Patcharawalai Wongboonsin and Jo-Pei Tan, examines the care relations and transactions within and beyond the family network across three middle-income Southeast Asian countries, namely the Federation of Malaysia, the Kingdom of …
Asian Migrant Workers in the Arab Gulf States
The Growing Foreign Population and Their Lives
Av Masako Ishii, Naomi Hosoda m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1905 kr
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Asian Migrant Workers in the Arab Gulf States (edited by Masako Ishii, Naomi Hosoda, Masaki Matsuo and Koji Horinuki) examines how nationals and migrants construct new relationships in the segregated socioeconomic spaces of the region (namely, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the …
Japan’s Private Spheres: Autonomy in Japanese History, 1600-1930
Inbunden, 2021
2419 kr
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Japan’s Private Spheres: Autonomy in Japanese History, 1600-1930 traces the shifting nature of autonomy in early modern and modern Japan. In this far-reaching, interdisciplinary study, W. Puck Brecher explores the historical development of the private and its evolving relationship with public …
Active Pursuit of Pregnancy
Neoliberalism, Postfeminism and the Politics of Reproduction in Contemporary Japan
Inbunden, 2021
2022 kr
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What is ninkatsu? Who promotes and governs this “active pursuit of pregnancy?” Trying to answer these questions, this unprecedented publication exhibits how mass media, policymakers, and biomedical science-corporate capitalism govern the individual’s reproductive choices in contemporary Japan …
Japanizing Japanese Families
Regional Diversity and the Emergence of a National Family Model through the Eyes of Historical Demography
Av Emiko Ochiai
Inbunden, 2023
2501 kr
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This book draws on historical demography to elucidate the regional diversity of the Japanese family and its convergence toward an integrated national family model that heralded the modern era, providing a new image of the family in pre-industrial Japan. The volume challenges the idea of early …
