Routledge Handbook of East Asian Gender Studies

Abstract

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, the 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.
This survey is essential reading for scholars and students of Gender and Women’s Studies, as well as East Asian societies, social policy and culture.

Citation

Liu, J., & Yamashita, J. (Eds.). (2019). Routledge Handbook of East Asian Gender Studies. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315660523

• Book Type: Edited Book
• Acceptance Date: Oct 1, 2017
• Publication Date: Dec 6, 2019
• Deposit Date: Jan 12, 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• ISBN: 9781138959897
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315660523
• Publisher URL: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-East-Asian-Gender-Studies-1st-Edition/Liu-Yamashita/p/book/9781138959897