Book Series
ASAA Women in Asia Series
New & Published Titles:
Gender Diversity in Indonesia
Sexuality, Islam and Queer Selves
Indonesia provides particularly interesting examples of gender diversity. Same-sex relations, transvestism and cross-gender behaviour have long been noted amongst a wide range of Indonesian peoples.…
read moreFebruary 2010 | Hardback: 978-0-415-37569-6 (Routledge)
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 more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54603-4 (Routledge)
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Gender and Labour in Korea and Japan
Sexing Class
Bringing together for the first time sexual and industrial labour as the means to understand gender, work and class in modern Japan and Korea, this…
read more2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77663-9 (Routledge)
Feminist Movements in Contemporary Japan
In contemporary Japan there is much ambivalence about women’s roles, and the term "feminism" is not widely recognised or considered relevant. Nonetheless, as this…
read more2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-45941-9 (Routledge)
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Women, Islam and Everyday Life
Renegotiating Polygamy in Indonesia
This book examines Islam and women’s everyday life, focusing in particular on the highly controversial issue of polygamy. It discusses the competing interpretations of the…
read more2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46802-2 (Routledge)
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 more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54640-9 (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 more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54623-2 (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 more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54630-0 (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 more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54542-6 (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)
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:
Gender, Household and State in Post-Revolutionary Vietnam
By Jayne Werner
To be published April 1st 2010
Gender, Islam and Democracy in Indonesia
By Kathryn Robinson
To be published April 1st 2010
Gender, State and Social Power in Contemporary Indonesia: Divorce and Marriage Law
By Kate O'Shaughnessy
To be published April 1st 2010
Sex, Love and Feminism in the Asia Pacific: A Cross-Cultural Study of Young People's Attitudes
By Chilla Bulbeck
To be published June 1st 2010
Young Women in Japan: Transitions to Adulthood
By Kaori H. Okano
To be published June 1st 2010
Gender and Emotional Labour in Asia
By Ann Brooks
To be published September 1st 2010
Practising Feminism in South Korea
By Kyungja Jung
To be published October 31st 2010
Young Muslim Women in India
By Kabita Chakraborty
To be published October 31st 2010
Women in China's Muslim Northwest: Gender, Social Hierarchy and Ethnicity
By Ayxem Ali
To be published November 30th 2010