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Title:

Gendered inequalities in Asia : configuring, contesting and recognizing women and men / edited by Helle Rydstr©ım.

Publisher:

NIAS Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xiii, 303 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Sex role--Asia.
Women--Asia--Social conditions--21st century.
Men--Asia--Social conditions--21st century.
Asia--Social conditions--21st century.

Other Authors:

Rydstr©ım, Helle

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The cultural construction of masculinity among working-class Malaysian Chinese in the intersection of race, class and gender. The real and the true: neo-liberalism and gender governance in Vietnam -- Gender, multiculturalism and religious discourse(s): women as symbols in Hindu nationalism -- Globalization, growth and gender: poor workers and vendors in urban Vietnam -- Shades of gender and security in Cambodia -- The struggle for recognition and justice: gender inequality and socially engaged Buddhism in Thailand -- Compromised ideals: family life and the recognition of women in Vietnam -- Gendered expectations and intergenerational support among Chinese Singaporeans -- Gendered parties: making the male norm visible in Thai politics -- The cultural construction of masculinity among working-class Malaysian Chinese in the intersection of race, class and gender.

Series:

Gendering Asia

ISBN:

8776940470 (pbk.)
9788776940478 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)416286501

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)