Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series

New and Published Books

1-4 of 4 results in Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series

1. Religion, Politics and Gender in Indonesia

   Disputing the Muslim Body

   By Sonja van Wichelen

   Series: Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series

   The political downfall of the Suharto administration in 1998 marked the end of the "New Order" in Indonesia, a period characterized by 32 years of authoritarian rule. It opened the way for democracy, but also for the proliferation of political Islam, which the New Order had discouraged or banned....

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
2. Women, Identity and India's Call Centre Industry

   By J.K. Tina Basi

   Series: Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series

   This book examines the concept of globalised identities and the way in which agency is exercised over identity construction by women working in India’s transnational call centre industry. Drawing on qualitative empirical data and extensive original fieldwork, the book provides a nuanced analysis...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
3. Sex Trafficking in South Asia

   Telling Maya's Story

   By Mary Crawford

   Series: Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series

   This book is a critical feminist analysis of sex trafficking. Arguing that trafficking in girls and women is a product of the social construction of gender and other dimensions of power and status within a particular culture and at a particular historical moment, this book offers the necessary...

   Published September 14th 2011 by Routledge
4. Feminist Research Methodology

   Making Meanings of Meaning-Making

   By Maithree Wickramasinghe

   Series: Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series

   This book focuses on feminist research methodology, exploring and analysing its constituting methods, theory, ontology, epistemology, ethics and politics, and research issues relating to women, gender and feminism in Sri Lanka. The book examines ways of meaning-making for the political, ideological...

   Published May 10th 2011 by Routledge