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Rethinking representations of Asian women : changes, continuity, and everyday life / edited by Noriko Ijichi, Atsufumi Kato, and Ryoko Sakurada

Ijichi, Noriko, 1966- [Herausgeberin/-geber] ; Kato, Atsufumi, 1975- [Herausgeberin/-geber] ; Sakurada, Ryoko, 1975- [Herausgeberin/-geber]

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

vi, 202 pages ; 22 cm

Englisch

Machine generated contents note:List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Pluralizing Images, the Sphere of Everyday Life, and the Agency of Relatedness: For Representative Interventions for Women in Asia; Noriko Ijichi, Atsufumi Kato, and Ryoko Sakurada -- 1. The Mother's Identity of Korean Diaspora Women in Japan; Jung-Eun Hong -- 2. On Encouraging Mothers of Multiple Children through the Order of the Mother Glorious in Mongolia; Turmunh Odontuya -- 3. Imperial Japan and the Diving Women (Chamsu) of Jeju Island, South Korea; Noriko Ijichi -- 4. Everyday Practices of Immigrant Vietnamese Women in Japan in Obtaining Ingredients for the Food of Their Homeland; Erina Seto-Suh -- 5. Divorced Newcomer Korean Women in Japan: The Decision to Remain in Japan and Lifestyle Adjustments; Dukin Lim -- 6. Crafting Religious Selves in Transnational Space: Japanese Women Who Converted to Islam upon Marrying a Pakistani Migrant; Masako Kudo -- 7. Working in the City and Rearing Children in the Hometown: Women-centered Relationships of a Patriarchal Chinese Family in Peninsular Malaysia; Ryoko Sakurada -- 8. A Concerned Mother of the Souls in the House: The Agency of Vietnamese Elderly Women who Live Alone in their Home Villages; Atsufumi Kato -- 9. A Regime where the Woman's Voice is Heard: Guanluoyin as a Form of Abortion Ritual in Contemporary Taiwan; Grace Cheng-Ying Lin -- 10. The Role of Women's Self-Help Networks in Anti-Caste Discrimination Movements in Nepal; Kanako Nakagawa -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Archivierung/Langzeitarchivierung gewährleistet (Rechtsgrundlage FID). Univ. Heidelberg, CATS, Südasi

978-1-137-53151-3 ( : hardback)

978-1-137-52523-9 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff); 978-1-137-52528-4 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2015019560

LB 44330      Ähnliche Literatur

HQ1726

305.4095

Fachinformationsdienst(e): FID-ASIEN-DE-16

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LOC-SH: Women -- Asia -- History ; Women -- Asia -- Social conditions ; Women's studies -- Asia ; Asia -- Social life and customs

""Based on historic and ethnographic approaches, this volume examines how the ideological images of Asian women are produced, circulated, appropriated, and pluralized. It provides reflection on the interaction between the formation process of ideological representation and the everyday practices of women who resist and re-contextualize these images"--Provided by publisher"--

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"Based on historic and ethnographic approaches, this volume examines how ideological images of Asian women are produced, circulated, appropriated, and pluralized. Contributors reflect on the interaction between the formation process of ideological representation (within the contexts of imperialism, colonialism, nationalism, and the post-colonial present) and the everyday practices of women who re-contextualize and resist these images. Chapters describe women's efforts to reconstruct relationships as well as their struggles for independence when they experience removal, separation, and deprivation. One example of such efforts is the reconstruction of intimate relationships, such as reframing the family or constructing a network outside the family for childcare and elder care. The volume features examples from Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, and Vietnam"--