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Gender politics in Asia : women manoeuvring within dominant gender orders / edited by Wil Burghoorn ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gendering Asia ; no. 3.
- Gendering Asia ; no. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Asia--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Sex role--Asia.
- Sex role.
- Sex discrimination against women--Asia.
- Sex discrimination against women.
- Women--Political activity--Asia.
- Women--Political activity.
- Social conditions.
- Asia.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Copenhagen : NIAS Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- 1 Women, Citizenship and the Politics of Dress in Twentieth-Century Philippines / Mina Roces 11
- 2 Community-Based Movements of Japanese Women: How Mothers Infiltrate the Political Sphere from Below / Mikiko Eto 43
- 3 Healing Bodies of Thought: The State of Gender in the Sathya Sai Baba Movement in Malaysia / Alexandra Kent 69
- 4 Gender and Religious Legitimacy in Thailand / Monica Lindberg Falk 95
- 5 Consciousness-Raising among and beyond Women's Movement Activists in China / Cecilia Milwertz, Bu Wei 121
- 6 Organizing for Change and Empowerment: The Women Mayors' Association in China / Qi Wang 145
- 7 'No Fire in the Belly': Women's Political Role in Singapore / Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew 185.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9788776940157
- 8776940152
- OCLC:
- 237052265
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