Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series – serie
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Social Transformation in Post-conflict Nepal
A Gender Perspective
Av Punam Yadav
Häftad, 2018
750 kr
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The concept of social transformation has been increasingly used to study significant political, socio-economic and cultural changes affected by individuals and groups. This book uses a novel approach from the gender perspective and from bottom up to analyse social transformation in Nepal, a country …
Female Chinese Bankers in the Asia Pacific
Gender, Mobility and Opportunity
Inbunden, 2020
2504 kr
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This book explores the simultaneous Asianisation and feminisation of mid-level management in the financial services sector in world and global cities in the Asia-Pacific.Chan draws on 50 in-depth interviews with ethnically Chinese female professionals working in middle or upper management positions …
Muslim New Womanhood in Bangladesh
Inbunden, 2022
2504 kr
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This book reveals how categories of gender, class, culture and religion are modes of power which inform hierarchies of social locations and people’s sense of belonging within these spaces and temporalities. It offers an alternative and innovative theoretical framework - new womanhood - for studying …
Sexuality in a Changing China
Young Women, Sex and Intimate Relations in the Reform Period
Häftad, 2019
740 kr
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataNames: Zarafonetis, Nicole, author.Title: Sexuality in a changing China : young women, sex and intimate relations in the reform period / Nicole Zarafonetis.Description: New York, NY : Routledge, 2017. | Series: Routledge research on gender in Asia …
Female Chinese Bankers in the Asia Pacific
Gender, Mobility and Opportunity
Häftad, 2022
689 kr
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This book explores the simultaneous Asianisation and feminisation of mid-level management in the financial services sector in world and global cities in the Asia-Pacific.Chan draws on 50 in-depth interviews with ethnically Chinese female professionals working in middle or upper management positions …
Gender, Development, and the State in India
Av Carole Spary
Häftad, 2020
791 kr
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This book explores the relationship between the state, development policy, and gender (in)equality in India. It discusses the formation of state policy on gender and development in India in the post-1990 period through three key organising concepts of institutions, discourse, and agency. The book …
Gender, Governance and Empowerment in India
Häftad, 2019
457 kr
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Since the mid-1980s, the presence of women in governance has become a major marker of successful democracy in global and national discourses on the democratization of society. A diverse set of nation-states have legislatively mandated gender quotas to ensure the presence of elected women …
Sexuality and Public Space in India
Reading the Visible
Häftad, 2019
710 kr
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The topic of sexuality and gender within the South Asian context is timely and widely discussed across a variety of academic disciplines. Since the end of the last century, there have been debates in the cultural sphere in India on issues concerning Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender people’s rights, …
Literature, Gender, and the Trauma of Partition
The Paradox of Independence
Häftad, 2019
793 kr
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Partition occurring simultaneously with British decolonization of the Indian subcontinent led to the formation of independent India and Pakistan. While the political and communal aspects of the Partition have received some attention, its enormous personal and psychological costs have been mostly …
HIV/AIDS in India
Voices from the Margins
Häftad, 2019
740 kr
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India ranks third in the number of people living with HIV/AIDS globally. The country has high levels of poverty and inequality, poor healthcare infrastructure, especially away from the metropolitan areas, and a legacy of colonialism that bequeathed laws criminalizing non-heteronormative …
Women, Identity and India's Call Centre Industry
Inbunden, 2009
2512 kr
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This book examines the concept of globalised identities and the way in which agency is exercised over identity construction by women working in India’s transnational call centre industry. Drawing on qualitative empirical data and extensive original fieldwork, the book provides a nuanced analysis of …
Dalit Women's Education in Modern India
Double Discrimination
Inbunden, 2014
2441 kr
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Inspired by egalitarian doctrines, the Dalit communities in India have been fighting for basic human and civic rights since the middle of the nineteenth century. In this book, Shailaja Paik focuses on the struggle of Dalit women in one arena - the realm of formal education – and examines a range of …
Feminist Research Methodology
Making Meanings of Meaning-Making
Inbunden, 2009
2512 kr
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This book focuses on feminist research methodology, exploring and analysing its constituting methods, theory, ontology, epistemology, ethics and politics, and research issues relating to women, gender and feminism in Sri Lanka. The book examines ways of meaning-making for the political, ideological …
Religion, Politics and Gender in Indonesia
Disputing the Muslim Body
Inbunden, 2010
2512 kr
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The political downfall of the Suharto administration in 1998 marked the end of the "New Order" in Indonesia, a period characterized by 32 years of authoritarian rule. It opened the way for democracy, but also for the proliferation of political Islam, which the New Order had discouraged or banned. …
Sex Trafficking in South Asia
Telling Maya's Story
Häftad, 2011
728 kr
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This book is a critical feminist analysis of sex trafficking. Arguing that trafficking in girls and women is a product of the social construction of gender and other dimensions of power and status within a particular culture and at a particular historical moment, this book offers the necessary …
Gender, Development, and the State in India
Av Carole Spary
Inbunden, 2019
2736 kr
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This book explores the relationship between the state, development policy, and gender (in)equality in India. It discusses the formation of state policy on gender and development in India in the post-1990 period through three key organising concepts of institutions, discourse, and agency. The book …
Religion, Politics and Gender in Indonesia
Disputing the Muslim Body
Häftad, 2012
733 kr
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The political downfall of the Suharto administration in 1998 marked the end of the "New Order" in Indonesia, a period characterized by 32 years of authoritarian rule. It opened the way for democracy, but also for the proliferation of political Islam, which the New Order had discouraged or banned. …
Women, Identity and India's Call Centre Industry
Häftad, 2012
747 kr
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This book examines the concept of globalised identities and the way in which agency is exercised over identity construction by women working in India’s transnational call centre industry. Drawing on qualitative empirical data and extensive original fieldwork, the book provides a nuanced analysis of …
Feminist Research Methodology
Making Meanings of Meaning-Making
Häftad, 2011
747 kr
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This book focuses on feminist research methodology, exploring and analysing its constituting methods, theory, ontology, epistemology, ethics and politics, and research issues relating to women, gender and feminism in Sri Lanka. The book examines ways of meaning-making for the political, ideological …
Gender and Family in East Asia
Av Siumi Maria Tam, Wai Ching Angela Wong m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
2504 kr
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The on-going reconfiguration of geo-political and economic forces across the globe has created a new institutional and moral environment for East Asian family life and gender dynamics. Indeed, modernisation in East Asia has brought about increases in women’s education levels and participation in …
Sex Trafficking in South Asia
Telling Maya's Story
Inbunden, 2009
2433 kr
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This book is a critical feminist analysis of sex trafficking. Arguing that trafficking in girls and women is a product of the social construction of gender and other dimensions of power and status within a particular culture and at a particular historical moment, this book offers the necessary …
New Modern Chinese Women and Gender Politics
The Centennial of the End of the Qing Dynasty
Av Chen Ya-chen
Inbunden, 2014
2504 kr
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The past century witnessed dramatic changes in the lives of modern Chinese women and gender politics. Whilst some revolutionary actions to rectify the feudalist patriarchy, such as foot-binding and polygyny were first seen in the late Qing period; the termination of the Qing Dynasty and …
Gender, Governance and Empowerment in India
Inbunden, 2016
1821 kr
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Since the mid-1980s, the presence of women in governance has become a major marker of successful democracy in global and national discourses on the democratization of society. A diverse set of nation-states have legislatively mandated gender quotas to ensure the presence of elected women …
Gender, Development, and the State in India
Av Carole Spary
E-bok, 2019
935 kr
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This book explores the relationship between the state, development policy, and gender (in)equality in India. It discusses the formation of state policy on gender and development in India in the post-1990 period through three key organising concepts of institutions, discourse, and agency. The book …
Gender, Development, and the State in India
Av Carole Spary
E-bok, 2019
915 kr
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This book explores the relationship between the state, development policy, and gender (in)equality in India. It discusses the formation of state policy on gender and development in India in the post-1990 period through three key organising concepts of institutions, discourse, and agency. The book …
Intimacy and Reproduction in Contemporary Japan
Häftad, 2017
844 kr
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This book presents an ethnographic investigation of intimate and reproductive behaviour in current Japanese society, grounded in the viewpoints of a group of Japanese mothers. It adopts a new approach in studying the decreasing fertility rates which are contributing to the ageing population in …
Motherhood and Work in Contemporary Japan
Häftad, 2017
384 kr
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This book explores the employment of Japanese women born in the 1960s and 1970s who experienced childbirth and raised children in the 1990s and the early 2000s. During this period, the Japanese economy experienced a severe recession. It has affected the firm-specific internal labour market and on …
Dalit Women's Education in Modern India
Double Discrimination
Häftad, 2018
740 kr
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Inspired by egalitarian doctrines, the Dalit communities in India have been fighting for basic human and civic rights since the middle of the nineteenth century. In this book, Shailaja Paik focuses on the struggle of Dalit women in one arena - the realm of formal education – and examines a range of …
Muslim New Womanhood in Bangladesh
Häftad, 2024
691 kr
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This book reveals how categories of gender, class, culture and religion are modes of power which inform hierarchies of social locations and people’s sense of belonging within these spaces and temporalities. It offers an alternative and innovative theoretical framework - new womanhood - for studying …
War, Violence and Women’s Agency in Pakistan
The Case of Swat
Av Rehana Wagha
Inbunden, 2024
2512 kr
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War, Violence and Women’s Agency in Pakistan investigates the prominent features of gender ideology in the Swat region, Pakistan and how they influence the norms and forms of women’s agency during conflict.After 9/11, the War on Terror brought a new wave of anarchy, extremism and violence to the …
