The Routledge Handbook of East Asian Gender Studies presents up-to-date theoretical and conceptual developments in key areas of the field, taking a multi-disciplinary and comparative approach.

Featuring contributions by leading scholars of Gender Studies to provide a cutting-edge overview of the field, this handbook includes examples from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong and covers the following themes:

theorising gender relations;
women's and feminist movements;
work, care and migration;
family and intergenerational relationships;
cultural representation;
masculinity; and
state, militarism and gender.

This handbook is essential reading for scholars and students of Gender and Women's Studies, as well as East Asian societies, social policy and culture.

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Yes, you can access Routledge Handbook of East Asian Gender Studies by Jieyu Liu, Junko Yamashita, Jieyu Liu, Junko Yamashita in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Gender Studies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2019

ISBN

9781317337331

Edition

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Gender Studies

Index

Social Sciences

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Introduction
Section I Theorising gender relations in East Asia
Section II Variety in women’s and feminist movements in East Asia
Section III Gendered work, care and migration
Section IV Traditions and transition of family and intergenerational relationships
Section V Politics of gendered cultural representation
Section VI Shifting yet surviving ideals and practice of masculinity
Section VII State, militarism and gender
Index