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UNINA9910810959803321 |
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Titolo |
Gender politics in the Asia-Pacific region / / edited by Brenda S.A. Yeoh, Peggy Teo, and Shirlena Huang |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-62450-6 |
1-134-62451-4 |
1-280-11591-2 |
9786610115914 |
0-203-99417-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (245 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge international studies of women and place |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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YeohBrenda S. A |
TeoPeggy |
HuangShirlena |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - Political activity - Asia |
Women - Political activity - Pacific Area |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Introduction: women's agencies and activisms in the Asia-Pacific region; Nine months: women's agency and the pregnant body in Singapore; Body politics in Bangladesh; The politics of resistance: working-class women in rural Taiwan; Negotiating land and livelihood: agency and identities in Indonesia's transmigration programme; Gendered surveillance and sexual violence in Filipina pre-migration experiences to Japan; Resisting history: Indonesian labour activism in the 1990s and the 'Marsinah' case |
Contradictory identities and political choices: 'Women in Agriculture' in AustraliaThe complexities of women's agency in Fiji; 'Asia' in everyday life: dealing with difference in contemporary Japan; Sites of transnational activism: Filipino non-government organisations in Hong Kong; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Amidst the unevenness and unpredictability of change in the Asia-Pacific region, women's lives are being transformed. This volume takes |
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