Gender Politics in Asia: Women Manoeuvring within Dominant Gender Orders (Gendering Asia)

This volume brings together an impressive array of internationally recognized scholars from around the world to examine the many facets of gender politics in Asia. Its central concern is how women in various gendered contexts in Asia position themselves in the (re)production of gender relations, and how they manoeuver in order to preserve or alter these. It covers fields as varied as the use of dress as a political weapon, the practice of healing as an indirect challenge to the dominant gender and political orders, and religious ordination as a struggle for equity in Buddhism. Summary: This Book Demonstrates The Great Diversity In Gender Politics And Womenʼs Strategies To Negotiate And Change Gender Relations Individually Or Collectively. It Examines Cultural Complexities Of Gender By Focusing On Gender Politics In Asia, With Case Studis From China, Japan, Singapore, The Philippines, Thailand And Malaysia. It Examines Multiple Aspects Of Gender Politics (dress, Healing, Religious Ordination, Ngo Activism, Etc.), Bringing To Bear Interdisciplinary Approaches Of Inquiry Based On In-depth Empirical Data.--publisher Description. "This book demonstrates the great diversity in gender politics and women’s strategies to negotiate and change gender relations individually or collectively. A comprehensive volume of gender politics in China, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia, it examines multiple aspects of gender politics in Asia (dress, healing, religious ordination, NGO activism, etc.), bringing interdisciplinary approaches of inquiry based on in-depth empirical data."--pub. desc