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ASAA Women in Asia Series
New & Published Titles:
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...
ISBN: 978-0-415-40288-0 | Published February 5th 2008 by Routledge.
more information about Women and Work in IndonesiaWomen 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...
ISBN: 978-0-415-41315-2 | Published December 21st 2007 by Routledge.
more information about Women and Labour Organizing in AsiaSexual 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...ISBN: 978-0-415-33651-2 | Published February 1st 2005 by Routledge.
more information about Sexual Violence and the Law in JapanThe 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...ISBN: 978-0-415-30838-0 | Published December 17th 2004 by 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...ISBN: 978-0-415-33652-9 | Published July 29th 2004 by Routledge.
more information about Abortion, Sin and the State in ThailandWomen'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...ISBN: 978-0-7007-1743-9 | Published February 13th 2003 by Routledge.
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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, Islam and Democracy in Indonesia
By Kathryn Robinson
September 12th 2008
Sex, Love and Feminism in the Asia Pacific, A Cross-Cultural Study of Young People's Attitudes
By Chilla Bulbeck
October 16th 2008
Gender, State and Social Power in Contemporary Indonesia, Divorce and Marriage Law
By Kate O'Shaughnessy
December 8th 2008
Gender, Household and State in Post-Revolutionary Vietnam
By Jayne Werner
December 8th 2008
Young Women in Japan, Transitions to Adulthood
By Kaori H. Okano
February 19th 2009
Gender and Labor in Korea and Japan, Sexing Class
Edited by Ruth Barraclough, Elyssa Faison
April 30th 2009
Cambodian Women, Childbirth and Maternity in Rural Southeast Asia
By Elizabeth Hoban
June 1st 2009
Women, Islam and Everyday Life, Renegotiating Polygamy in Indonesia
By Nina Nurmila
July 31st 2009
Feminist Movements in Contemporary Japan
By Laura Dales
September 20th 2009
Gender, Nation and State in Modern Japan
Edited by Vera Mackie, Ulrike Woehr, Andrea Germer
September 20th 2009
Gender Diversity in Indonesia, Beyond Gender Binaries
By Sharyn Leanne Graham
September 20th 2009