1st Edition

Sex, Love and Feminism in the Asia Pacific A Cross-Cultural Study of Young People's Attitudes

By Chilla Bulbeck Copyright 2009
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

‘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 been written about rapidly changing countries in Asia, most recently China and India. With the global spread of capitalist production and neo-liberal ideologies, the claim that the rest of the world’s women are treading the path to enlightenment... Read more

Introduction: Global Narratives of Asia, Feminism and Youth  1. The National Samples: Background and Methods  2. Variations on Liberal Feminism: USA, Australia, Canada, Japan, Thailand and South Korea  3. National Development Feminism: India, Indonesia, China and Vietnam  4. Homosexuality and Pornography: The Commodification of Intimacy?  5. ‘Marriage shouldn’t be the end of life’: Sharing the Caring.  Conclusion: Globalizing Discourses in the Neoliberal Age.  Appendix 1: Characteristics of Countries in the Study.  Appendix 2: The Questionnaire.  Appendix 3: Tables Relating to Research Methods.  Appendix 4: Charts and Tables Relating to Feminist Movement.  Appendix 5: Charts and Tables Relating to Gender Issues

Biography

Chilla Bulbeck was the Foundation Chair in Women’s Studies at the University of Adelaide and has taught at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Tokyo University. Her research interests focus on gender and cultural difference, and her publications include One World Women’s Movement (1988), Australian Women in Papua New Guinea: Colonial Passages 1920-1960 (1992), Living Feminism: The Impact of the Women’s Movement on Three Generations of Australian Women (1997) and Re-Orienting Western Feminism: Women’s Diversity in a Postcolonial World (1998).