Transnational Asia Pacific
Gender, Culture and the Public Sphere
University of Illinois Press
Published on 6. October 1999
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-0-252-02492-4 (ISBN)
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Description
This timely collection provides a critical transnational perspective on some of the complex cultural effects of emerging global capitalisms and modernities in the Asia Pacific region. Geographically, this vast territory encompasses Japan, the newly industrialized states of East Asia and China, the Southeast Asian countries, Australia, New Zealand, the South Sea Islands, and the Pacific coast of North America. Culturally and conceptually, its reach is even more extensive. Departing from the exclusive focus on economic and political issues that has dominated analyses of the region, Transnational Asia Pacific assesses the relation of gender to development, education, and culture. Contributors explore the psychosocial and linguistic processes through which women's selves are constructed, the role of popular culture and mass media in shaping new female identities, and the consequences for men's and women's lives of the state's response to modernization and global capitalism. Cutting to the heart of key cultural issues, "Transnational Asia Pacific" advances our understanding of the dynamics of cultural globalization and their impacts on Asian social communities.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-252-02492-4 (9780252024924)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Shirley Geok-lin Lim | Larry E. Smith | Wimal Dissanayake
Transnational Asia Pacific
Gender, Culture, and the Public Sphere
Book
09/1999
University of Illinois Press
€25.99
Article not available at the moment