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Women In Asia

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Author by : Barbara N. Ramusack
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1999-06-22
Publisher by : Indiana University Press

ISBN : 0253212677

Barbara N. Ramusack writes on South and Southeast Asia, surveying both the prescriptive roles and the lived experiences of women, as well as the construction of gender from early states to the 1990s. Although both regions are home to Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim religious traditions and had extended trade relations, they reveal striking differences in the status and roles of women and the processes of cultural adaptation. Sharon Sievers presents an verview of women's participation in the histories of China, Japan, and Korea from prehistory to the modern period that provides a framework for incorporating women into world history classrooms. It offers analyses on major issues derived from recent research and discusses such stereotypical cultural practices as footbinding (long seen as "exotic" in the West) in the context of women's lives. Book jacket....

The Agency Of Women In Asia

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Author by : Lyn Parker
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2005
Publisher by : Cavendish Square Publishing

ISBN : STANFORD:36105114526044

This book explores the meanings and operation of agency exercised by women in various cultures and contexts in Asia. It examines how and under what conditions women in Asia express themselves. It analyzes women's capacity for action, how women take action, and how women sometimes resist the discourses and conditions that shape their lives. The book also discusses how this agency can be interpreted and assessed. The contributors to this book examine particular women's practice and expression in specific contexts: "parasite singles"-especially unmarried young women-in Japan, whose unconventional lifestyles seem to effect a subversion of the expected female roles of daughters, mothers, and wives; Indonesian women employed as domestic workers in Singapore; the women from South Korea and the Philippines who have married Japanese men through the international marriage business system; female Muslim healers in Lombok who work against fate; rural Balinese women who have their babies in hospitals; and female performers and performances in contemporary Indonesian theatre....

Women Of Asia

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Author by : Mehrangiz Najafizadeh
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2018-07-11
Publisher by : Routledge

ISBN : 9781315458434

With thirty-two original chapters reflecting cutting edge content throughout developed and developing Asia, Women of Asia: Globalization, Development, and Gender Equity is a comprehensive anthology that contributes significantly to understanding globalization’s transformative process and the resulting detrimental and beneficial consequences for women in the four major geographic regions of Asia—East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Eurasia/Central Asia—as it gives "voice" to women and provides innovative ways through which salient understudied issues pertaining to Asian women’s situation are brought to the forefront....

Women In Asia

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Author by : Mina Roces
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2020-07-25
Publisher by : Routledge

ISBN : 9781000248357

Women in Asia: Tradition, Modernity and Globalisation surveys the transformation in the status of women since 1970 in a diverse range of nations: Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan and Burma. Within these 13 national case studies the book presents new arguments about being women, being Asian and being modern in contemporary Asia. Recent social changes in women's place in society are untangled in recognition that not all change is 'progress' and that not all 'modernity' enhances women's status. The authors suggest that the improvements in women's status within the Asian region vary dramatically according to the manner in which women interact with the particular economic and ideological forces in each nation. Each contributor has focussed on a particular country in their area of expertise. They present innovative arguments relating to the problem of 'being women' in Asia during a period of dramatic social and political changes. Each national case study explores key social and economic markers of women's status such as employment rates, wage differentials, literacy rates and participation in politics or business. The effects of population control programs, legislation on domestic violence and female infanticide, and women's role in the family and the workforce are also discussed. The book poses questions as to how women have negotiated these shifts and in the process created a 'modern' Asian woman. Specialists from a variety of disciplines including history, anthropology, sociology, demography, gender studies and psychology grapple with the complexities and ambivalences presented by the multiple faces of the modern Asian woman. Complete with a list of recommended readings and a web-site with links to electronic resources, the book will be of particular interest to undergraduate students of Asian studies and women's studies as well as scholars and postgraduate students interested in comparative women's studies....

Women S Asia

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Author by : Yayori Matsui
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1989
Publisher by : St. Martin's Press

ISBN : STANFORD:36105038622382

"This book challenges the direct responsibility of Japan's affluent society for the impoverishment of Asian women's lives ... Drawing on her recent assignments in seventeen Asian countries, Yayori Matsui shows the daily challenges faced by women from many different classes and cultures. She witnesses to the abuses of child prostitution and the expanding sex industry in Thailand and the Philippines, and rape and dowry deaths of Indian brides, the exploitation and loneliness of women migrant workers, and the impact of Japanese-style management. At the same time, she provides a powerful and optimistic portrait of a very different reality--Burmese women confident in the vitality of their matriarchal tradition, Filipinas undaunted when facing down the Marcos dictatorship, and Korean mothers demanding democracy ... This remarkable piece of investigative journalism shows Asian women in all their diversity, desperation and courage"--Publisher....

Women In Asia And Asian Studies

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Author by : Association for Asian Studies. Committee on Women in Asian Studies
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1984
Publisher by :

ISBN : UOM:39015060785808

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Rural Asian Women

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Author by : Robert Orr Whyte
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2018-06-11
Publisher by : Institute of Southeast Asian

ISBN :

Within the overall scope of a long term study being conducted at the Institute on rural development, an advance summary is provided of the salient factors governing women's lives in the family and their role in production in monsoonal and equatorial Asia. Reasons are suggested for major differences in the status of women in Southeast Asia as compared with those of South and East Asia. Cultural factors influencing female education, size of family, activities in production and earning ability are discussed. Actions necessary to meet the most pressing current and future needs of rural women are indicated....

Current Perspectives On Asian Women In Leadership

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Author by : Yonjoo Cho
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2017-09-27
Publisher by : Springer

ISBN : 9783319549965

This book explores the unique socioeconomic challenges encountered by female leaders in China, India, Japan, Korea, and other Asian countries where traditional cultural expectations and modernized values coexist. It provides insight into gender inequality and underutilization of female talent as well as ways to develop highly qualified women in organizations. Chapters from expert contributors analyze the similarities and differences between each Asian country, the organizational and institutional challenges for women in the workplace, and how they balance work-family relationships. It will appeal to researchers and students in human resource development, management, leadership, Asia studies, women’s studies, and political science, among others....

Women In Asia

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Author by : Rounaq Jahan
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1982
Publisher by :

ISBN : STANFORD:36105081364908

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Women S Political Participation And Representation In Asia

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Author by : Kazuki Iwanaga
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2008
Publisher by : NIAS Press

ISBN : 9788776940164

The ability of a small elite of highly educated, upper-class Asian women to obtain the highest political positions in their country is unmatched elsewhere in the world and deserves study. But there is a marked lack of relevant research as well as of comprehensive and user-friendly texts. Aiming to fill the gap is this timely and important study of the various obstacles and opportunities for women's political participation and representation in Asia....