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ASAA Women in Asia Series
New & Published Titles:
Gender, Islam and Democracy in Indonesia
This book explores the relationship between gender, religion and political action in Indonesia, examining the patterns of gender orders that have prevailed in recent history,…
read moreOctober 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41583-5 (Routledge)
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Sex, Love and Feminism in the Asia Pacific
A Cross-Cultural Study of Young People's Attitudes
‘Sex, love and feminism’ are three aspects of the rapidly changing gender relations that shape young people’s lives in the Asia Pacific region. Much has…
read moreOctober 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-47006-3 (Routledge)
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Women and Work in Indonesia
This book examines the meaning of work for women in contemporary Indonesia. It takes a broad definition of work in order to interrogate assumptions about…
read moreFebruary 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40288-0 (Routledge)
Women and Labour Organizing in Asia
Diversity, Autonomy and Activism
This book investigates the role of women and labour activism in Asia, demonstrating that women have been active in union and non union based campaigns…
read more2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41315-2 (Routledge)
Sexual Violence and the Law in Japan
This book provides a detailed examination of judicial decision-making in Japanese cases involving sexual violence. It describes the culture of 'eroticised violence' in Japan, which… read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33651-2 (Routledge)
The Women's Movement in Postcolonial Indonesia
Gender and Nation in a New Democracy
This book examines women's activism in the early years of independent Indonesia when new attitudes to gender, nationalism, citizenship and democratization were forming. It questions… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-30838-0 (Routledge)
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Abortion, Sin and the State in Thailand
This book discusses abortion in a non-Western, non-Christian context - in Thailand, where over 300,000 illegal abortions are performed each year by a variety of… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33652-9 (Routledge)
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Violence Against Women in Asian Societies
Gender Inequality and Technologies of Violence
Violence against women is a violation of women's human rights and a priority public health issue. It is endemic worldwide. While much has been written… read more2003 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-1742-2 (Routledge)
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Women's Employment in Japan
The Experience of Part-time Workers
The low status accorded to part-time workers in Japan has resulted in huge inequalities in the workplace. This book examines the problem in-depth using case-study… read more2003 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1743-9 (Routledge)
Series Details:
Editorial Board: Susan Blackburn (Monash University), John Butcher (Griffith University), Vera Mackie (Curtin University), Anne McLaren (Melbourne University), Mina Roces (University of New South Wales), Andrea Whittaker (Melbourne University)
This important series publishes original, high quality work on all aspects of women in Asia.
Forthcoming Titles:
Cambodian Women: Childbirth and Maternity in Rural Southeast Asia
By Elizabeth Hoban
To be published January 1st 2010
Gender, Nation and State in Modern Japan
Edited by Vera Mackie, Ulrike Woehr, Andrea Germer
To be published September 20th 2009
Gender Diversity in Indonesia: Beyond Gender Binaries
By Sharyn Leanne Graham
To be published September 20th 2009
Feminist Movements in Contemporary Japan
By Laura Dales
To be published June 20th 2009
Women, Islam and Everyday Life: Renegotiating Polygamy in Indonesia
By Nina Nurmila
To be published May 20th 2009
Gender and Labor in Korea and Japan: Sexing Class
Edited by Ruth Barraclough, Elyssa Faison
To be published April 30th 2009
Young Women in Japan: Transitions to Adulthood
By Kaori H. Okano
To be published February 19th 2009
Gender, State and Social Power in Contemporary Indonesia: Divorce and Marriage Law
By Kate O'Shaughnessy
To be published December 15th 2008
Gender, Household and State in Post-Revolutionary Vietnam
By Jayne Werner
To be published December 12th 2008