Gendered inequalities in Asia configuring, contesting and recognizing women and men

Rydstrøm, Helle

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Gendered inequalities in Asia configuring, contesting and recognizing women and men / edited by Helle Rydstrøm. . — Copenhagen : NIAS Press, 2010..

xiii, 303 p. — ( Gendering Asia ).

Gendering Asia after modernity -- The real and the true: neo-liberalism and gender governance in Vietnam -- Gender, multiculturalism and religious discourse(s): women as symbols in Hindu nationalism -- Globalization, growth and gender: poor workers and vendors in urban Vietnam -- Shades of gender and security in Cambodia -- The struggle for recognition and justice: gender inequality and socially engaged Buddhism in Thailand -- Compromised ideals: family life and the recognition of women in Vietnam -- Gendered expectations and intergenerational support among Chinese Singaporeans -- Gendered parties: making the male norm visible in Thai politics -- The cultural construction of masculinity among working-class Malaysian Chinese in the intersection of race, class and gender.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sex role--Asia.
Women--Social conditions--Asia--21st century.
Men--Social conditions--Asia--21st century.