Women in Asia: Tradition, Modernity and Globalisation (Women in Asia)

Part title......Page 1
Title page......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Notes on contributors......Page 9
List of tables......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 13
1 Contesting gender narratives, 1970-2000......Page 15
The development narrative and globalisation......Page 20
'Being women' in Asia 1970-2000......Page 24
Focus on the Asian woman: 1970-2000 and beyond......Page 26
References......Page 29
2 Becoming modern in Malaysia: women at the end of the twentieth century......Page 30
The new Malaysia......Page 31
Class, state and gender in the new Malaysia......Page 34
Family and domesticity......Page 39
Rural women......Page 42
Politics, religion and nation......Page 44
Notes......Page 46
References and recommended readings......Page 48
3 The status of women in a patriarchal state: the case of Singapore......Page 53
Changes in women's lives......Page 54
The patriarchal state and women's status......Page 57
The women's movement in Singapore......Page 66
Conclusion......Page 68
References and recommended readings......Page 69
4 Women in the People's Republic of China: new challenges to the grand gender narrative......Page 73
Building China's socialist modernity......Page 74
Dismantling socialism and consequences for women......Page 77
Representatives of women: the Women's Federation......Page 78
Politics in the communist state......Page 82
Problems for paid employment......Page 84
Women and population control......Page 87
Educating the modern Chinese woman......Page 91
Intellectualising feminism and academic work......Page 93
Conclusion......Page 95
References and recommended readings......Page 96
5 Diversity and the status of women: the Indian experience......Page 99
Cultural constructions of gender and sexuality......Page 102
Activities of the women's movement......Page 104
Communalisation of gender identity......Page 112
Communalism and feminist scholarship......Page 117
Towards the future?......Page 118
Notes......Page 121
References and recommended readings......Page 122
6 Negotiating modernities: Filipino women 1970-2000......Page 126
Women and power/women and politics......Page 129
Women activists......Page 134
Women and labour......Page 138
Legislation and women's status......Page 146
Cultural constructions of women......Page 147
Conclusion......Page 148
References and recommended readings......Page 149
7 Indonesian women: from Order Baru to Reformasi......Page 153
The gender order of the New Order......Page 155
Gender diversity in Indonesia......Page 156
Marriage law......Page 160
New Order social policy......Page 162
Economic policies......Page 164
Political representation......Page 168
Sexuality and personal freedom......Page 170
New definitions of gender difference......Page 173
Political violence and women......Page 174
Conclusion......Page 177
References and recommended readings......Page 179
8 Rhetoric or reality? Contesting definitions of women in Korea......Page 184
Changing Korean families: the resilience of Confucianism......Page 185
Women creating the 'economic miracle'......Page 190
Education for social mobility......Page 193
Women's participation in politics and government......Page 195
The Korean women's movement......Page 196
Sexual and domestic violence......Page 198
References and recommended readings......Page 200
9 Breaking the patriarchal paradigm: Chinese women in Hong Kong......Page 202
Population and demographies......Page 204
Education......Page 205
Employment and income......Page 206
Political participation......Page 210
Perceptions of gender equality and the persistence of stereotypes......Page 211
Violence against women......Page 212
Hong Kong's women's movement......Page 215
References and recommended readings......Page 218
10 Being women in Japan, 1970-2000......Page 222
The home: women's domain?......Page 223
The paid workplace: separate and unequal......Page 228
Women in the public arena......Page 231
Women as subject and object in the world of popular culture......Page 235
Conclusion......Page 239
References and recommended readings......Page 240
11 Women in Taiwan: linking economic prosperity and women's progress......Page 243
Women and family planning......Page 244
Women's educational attainment......Page 246
The economic achievements of women in Taiwan......Page 249
Political and social participation......Page 253
Conclusion......Page 256
References and recommended readings......Page 258
12 Exploring women's status in contemporary Thailand......Page 261
Cultural values and gender equity......Page 262
Official policies on women: the evolution of strategic plans......Page 265
Reproduction, sexuality and the changing demographic profile......Page 267
Education and employment......Page 269
Women's status in the family......Page 273
References and recommended readings......Page 275
13 Militarism, civil war and women's status: a Burma case study......Page 279
Women in monarchic Burma: pre-1886......Page 281
Women in the colonial period (1886-1948)......Page 284
Women in independent Burma: parliamentary period (1948-62)......Page 285
Women in the first period of military rule (1962-88)......Page 286
Women in Burma after 1988......Page 290
Conclusion (written June 1999)......Page 300
References and recommended readings......Page 301
14 Re-gendering Vietnam: from militant to market socialism......Page 305
The pre-1973 period......Page 306
The 1973-86 period: peace and socialism......Page 309
The period since 1986: economic liberalisation......Page 321
Conclusion......Page 326
References and recommended readings......Page 328
Index......Page 332
Resources on the World Wide Web......Page 338