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Exploring gender as a fundamental factor in the way that lives of
individuals, families and societies across Asia are organized, this
timely Handbook studies the importance of modernization and
globalization for understanding gender in Asia. It brings together
a wide range of scholarly perspectives on five critical areas in
the field: ageing and health; labour; migrations and mobilities;
gender at the margins, and the theory and practice of researching
in Asia. Identifying gaps in current research, and using both
qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the topic, this
volume demonstrates the difference a gendered perspective makes in
providing a better understanding of these issues in Asia. Using
empirical case studies, contributors highlight the challenges and
changes to cultured traditions and practices that surround gendered
norms surrounding the societal roles of men and women in Asia. The
volume offers fresh, nuanced insights to socio-political currents
in Asian countries. This far-reaching collection will be an
essential read for scholars in the social sciences interested in
gender issues in Asia, human geography, sociology, anthropology,
development studies, gender politics; and for NGOs and
policy-makers. Contributors include: A.L. Abeyasekera, A. Adenwala,
A. Arslan, C. Caron, L.-H.N. Chiang, A. Datta, M. De Silva, E.L.-E.
Ho, E.S. Ho, S. Huang, H. Igarashi, R. Ito, J. Knodel, K. Kusakabe,
H. Lee, M. Morikawa, P. Raghuram, S. Ramnarain, K.N. Ruwanpura, S.
Shroff, B.C. Somaiah, G. Sondhi, P. Statham, W.-m. Tang, B.
Teerawichitchainan, M. Thompson, S. Turner, L. Wilks, Y. Yang, S.
Yea, C. Zuberec
Exploring gender as a fundamental factor in the way that lives of
individuals, families and societies across Asia are organized, this
timely Handbook studies the importance of modernization and
globalization for understanding gender in Asia. It brings together
a wide range of scholarly perspectives on five critical areas in
the field: ageing and health; labour; migrations and mobilities;
gender at the margins, and the theory and practice of researching
in Asia. Identifying gaps in current research, and using both
qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the topic, this
volume demonstrates the difference a gendered perspective makes in
providing a better understanding of these issues in Asia. Using
empirical case studies, contributors highlight the challenges and
changes to cultured traditions and practices that surround gendered
norms surrounding the societal roles of men and women in Asia. The
volume offers fresh, nuanced insights to socio-political currents
in Asian countries. This far-reaching collection will be an
essential read for scholars in the social sciences interested in
gender issues in Asia, human geography, sociology, anthropology,
development studies, gender politics; and for NGOs and
policy-makers. Contributors include: A.L. Abeyasekera, A. Adenwala,
A. Arslan, C. Caron, L.-H.N. Chiang, A. Datta, M. De Silva, E.L.-E.
Ho, E.S. Ho, S. Huang, H. Igarashi, R. Ito, J. Knodel, K. Kusakabe,
H. Lee, M. Morikawa, P. Raghuram, S. Ramnarain, K.N. Ruwanpura, S.
Shroff, B.C. Somaiah, G. Sondhi, P. Statham, W.-m. Tang, B.
Teerawichitchainan, M. Thompson, S. Turner, L. Wilks, Y. Yang, S.
Yea, C. Zuberec
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.
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.
As the world globalises, more people than ever are on the move,
including the many professional, managerial and entrepreneurial
elites-often referred to as 'international talent'-who circulate
between cities in response to career and business opportunities.
While much has been written about the economic motivations behind
these mobilities, less is known about the everyday experiences and
encounters of highly skilled transnational migrants, who, with the
rise of Asia as an economic powerhouse and cultural magnet, are not
only increasingly Asian in composition but also rapidly attracted
to the globalising cities in Asia. The book demonstrates how the
migratory moves of transnational elites are not only implicated in
the reality of multiple belongings, but are also intertwined with
the broader cultural politics of specific places. By exploring the
interfaces of contact and their diverse subjectivities from race
and gender to class and nationality, this collection as a
whole-with papers examining talent moving among cities in China,
Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Britain and Canada-paints a decidedly
complex picture of how talented migrants inhabit the world in
'more-than-rational' ways. Through the lens of the everyday, this
book uncovers the ways in which 'cosmopolitanisms' are forged in
uneven and contested ways in different localities, as well as offer
new insights into cities as transnational spaces of encounter in
the 21st century. This book was originally published as a special
issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
As the world globalises, more people than ever are on the move,
including the many professional, managerial and entrepreneurial
elites-often referred to as 'international talent'-who circulate
between cities in response to career and business opportunities.
While much has been written about the economic motivations behind
these mobilities, less is known about the everyday experiences and
encounters of highly skilled transnational migrants, who, with the
rise of Asia as an economic powerhouse and cultural magnet, are not
only increasingly Asian in composition but also rapidly attracted
to the globalising cities in Asia. The book demonstrates how the
migratory moves of transnational elites are not only implicated in
the reality of multiple belongings, but are also intertwined with
the broader cultural politics of specific places. By exploring the
interfaces of contact and their diverse subjectivities from race
and gender to class and nationality, this collection as a
whole-with papers examining talent moving among cities in China,
Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Britain and Canada-paints a decidedly
complex picture of how talented migrants inhabit the world in
'more-than-rational' ways. Through the lens of the everyday, this
book uncovers the ways in which 'cosmopolitanisms' are forged in
uneven and contested ways in different localities, as well as offer
new insights into cities as transnational spaces of encounter in
the 21st century. This book was originally published as a special
issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
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