Handbook on Gender in Asia by Shirlena Huang (English) Hardcover Book

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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

FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Author Biography

Edited by Shirlena Huang, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore and Kanchana N. Ruwanpura, Department of Economy and Society, The University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Table of Contents

Contents:INTRODUCTION1. Introduction: Gender in AsiaShirlena Huang and Kanchana N. RuwanpuraSECTION 1 – GENDER IN ASIA: THEORY AND PRACTICE2. Patriarchal Bargains and a Triple Bind: On Writing Geographies of Gender in IndiaAnindita Datta3. 'You are (Hong Kong) Chinese! You Should Understand our Culture!' Reflections of a Chinese Male Ethnographer on Researching Nepali Drug Users in Hong KongWai-man Tang4. 'The Only Blond Girl in Manila': Challenges and Opportunities as a White Western Young Woman Postgraduate Researching in AsiaMaddy ThompsonSECTION 2 – GENDER, AGEING AND HEALTH5. Old-age Well-being in Developing Southeast Asia: Gendered Perspectives of Myanmar, Vietnam and ThailandBussarawan Teerawichitchainan and John Knodel6. Gender, Ageing, and Health in ChinaYi Yang7. Eldercare, Gender Relations and Migrant Labour in Japan: Approaching the Interplay of Informal and Formal CareRuri Ito and Mie Morikawa8. Parent Care in Transnational Families: Experiences of Taiwanese-Chinese Families in Australia and New ZealandLan-hung Nora Chiang and Elsie Seckyee Ho9. Rural Thai Women's Life Transformations through Partnering Western Men: Gendered Exchanges, Differential Ageing, and RightsPaul StathamSECTION 3 – GENDER AND LABOUR10. Labour Informality, Patriarchal Gender Regimes and Neoliberalism in TurkeyAye Arslan11. Gendering Work and Labor in the Agriculture Sector: A Focus on South AsiaCynthia M. Caron12. Vulnerability and Resilience on the Streets: Interrogating Intersectionality amongst Southeast Asia's Street VendorsSarah Turner, Ammar Adenwala and Celia Zuberec13. Modestly Modern: Mapping the Pakistani Muslim Working WomanSara Shroff14. Gender and Domestic Work in IndiaLauren WilksSECTION 3 – GENDERED MIGRATIONS AND MOBILITIES15. Gendered Highly Skilled Migration in the Knowledge SectorParvati Raghuram and Gunjan Sondhi16. Beyond the 'Age' Lens: Older Migrants' Negotiation of Intersectional Identities over the LifecourseMenusha De Silva17. From Factory Worker to Foreign Wife: Reading Migration and Development through a Gender PerspectiveHyunok Lee18. Gendered Lifestyle Migration in Asia: Japanese Transnational Families in MalaysiaHiroki Igarashi19. Gender and Transnational Parenting: Extended Moral Communities of Co-Responsibility Among (Im)migrant KodavatheesBittiandra Chand Somaiah20. Emotion, Gender and Migration in AsiaSallie YeaSECTION 5 – GENDER AT THE MARGINS21. Migrant Workers and Childcare at the Place of Destination: An Overview of Issues in the Mekong Region, South East AsiaKyoko Kusakabe22. Gender and Forced Migration: Kachin Internally Displaced People at the China-Myanmar BorderElaine Ho23. Exploring the Continuum: Violence Against Women and Security in Nepal's Transition to PeaceSmita Ramnarain24. Silence and Invisibility: The Gender Dimensions of Women's Activism in Higher Education in AsiaAsha L. AbeyasekeraIndex

Review

'The Handbook is a great text for those studying gender in Asia, whether at graduate or undergraduate level. It is also a valuable introduction for graduate and undergraduate students in geography, sociology, anthropology, and global studies, and for policy-makers and women's rights practitioners who are interested in learning about gendered social life in Asia and the current gender scholarship on Asia.' -- Chien-Juh Gu, Gender & Development'The strengths of the Handbook lie in its focus on gendered patterns of inter-Asia migration experienced by women from across different socioeconomic groups as represented by several compelling contributions.' -- Alicia Izharuddin, South East Asia Research'Handbook on Gender in Asia provides a nuanced understanding of gender in multiple Asian contexts. Content covers the global politics and privilege of research and publishing and the emerging issue of population ageing, health and elder care. Gender and mobility figure strongly in a section on migration and transnational families, and authors examine gendered labor in formal as well as informal, precarious employment. This valuable compilation will appeal to readers seeking multidisciplinary materials and engaging, reflexive voices of non-Western scholars.'--Michele R. Gamburd, Portland State University, US

Review Quote

'Handbook on Gender in Asia provides a nuanced understanding of gender in multiple Asian contexts. Content covers the global politics and privilege of research and publishing and the emerging issue of population aging, health and elder care. Gender and mobility figure strongly in a section on migration and transnational families, and authors examine gendered labor in formal as well as informal, precarious employment. This valuable compilation will appeal to readers seeking multidisciplinary materials and engaging, reflexive voices of non-Western scholars.'

Details ISBN1788112903 Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 1788112903 ISBN-13 9781788112901 Format Hardcover Pages 456 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Series International Handbooks on Gender series Publication Date 2020-07-15 Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Cheltenham Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2020-07-15 NZ Release Date 2020-07-15 UK Release Date 2020-07-15 Author Kanchana N. Ruwanpura Edited by Kanchana N. Ruwanpura DEWEY 305.3095 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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