Gender politics in the Asia-Pacific region /
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 2002. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Routledge international studies of women and place International studies of women and place. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11299389 |
| Summary: | 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.<br> |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203994175 9780203994177 041520660X 1134624514 9781134624515 1280115912 9781280115912 9786610115914 6610115915 |