Eastwards/Westwards : which direction for gender studies in the 21st century? / edited by Clara Sarmento.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sarmento, Clara.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's studies.

Women--Cross-cultural studies.

Women.

Men's studies.

Men--Cross-cultural studies.

Men.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars, 2007.

Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Eastwards / Westwards: Which Direction for Gender Studies in the XXIst Century? is a collection of essays which focus on themes and methods that characterize the current research on gender in Asian countries in general, under a comparative approach that tries to cut across the boundaries of time and space. In this collection, ideas derived from Gender Studies as they are practised all over the world have been subjected to scrutiny for their utility in helping to describe and understand regi...

Contents:

Construction and reaffirmation of social gender stereotypes through the use of language : the case of Hindi / Anjali Pande

Gender equality in Ukraine : between declarations and reality / Alissa Tolstokorova

Culture and language : reflections on gender equality in Kazakhstan / Maria Helena Guimaraes

The semiosis of the feminine in Bangla language / Raahseed Mahmood and Ahmed Bokhtiar

Marriage in China as an expression of a changing society : a return to tradition? / Elisabetta Colla

The "other woman" in the overseas space : the case of Portuguese India / Maria de Deus Manso

Heading east this time : critical readings on gender in Southeast Asia / Clara Sarmento.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-19230-2

9786612192302

1-4438-0868-7

OCLC:

827237634