Routledge handbook of East Asian gender studies / edited by Jieyu Liu and Junko Yamashita. - xv, 432 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Routledge Handbook of East Asian Gender Studies presents up-to-date theoretical and conceptual developments in key areas of the field, taking a multi-disciplinary and comparative approach. Featuring contributions by leading scholars of Gender Studies to provide a cutting-edge overview of the field, this handbook includes examples from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong and covers the following themes: theorising gender relations; women's and feminist movements; work, care and migration; family and intergenerational relationships; cultural representation; masculinity; and state, militarism and gender. Thishandbook is essential reading for scholars and students of Gender and Women's Studies, as well as East Asian societies, social policy and culture


in english

9781138959897

2019031095


Feminism--East Asia.
Gender identity--East Asia.
Sex role--East Asia.

HQ1760.5 / .R68 2020

305.3095