Contestations Over Gender in Asia - 9781138906822

Taylor & Francis

Contestations Over Gender in AsiaAuthor(s): Lyn Parker, Laura Dales, Chie Ikeya\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138906822, 978-1138906822\nSynopsis\nThis book brings together the work of scholars from around the world in a consideration of how gender is contested in various parts of Asia in China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines. \n\nPart I of this collection explores notions of agency in relation to womens domestic and everyday lives. While agency is one of the key terms in contemporary social science, scholarship on women in Asia recently has focussed on womens political activism. Womens private lives have been neglected in this new scholarship. This volume has a special focus on womens relational and emotional lives, domestic practices, marriage, singlehood and maternity. Papers consider how women negotiate enhanced space and reputations, challenging negative representations and entrenched model.