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The Asian Mystique. Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls and Our Fantasies of the Exotic Orient.
PRASSO, SHERIDAN. Stock ID: 95324 Map, black and white photographic illustrations, xvii + 437pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. A prize-winning journalist and Asia expert issues a provocative critique of the West's eroticised illusions about Asia and how profoundly they colour our social, cultural, business, personal and political interactions. Despite - and because of - centuries of East-West interaction, the stereotypes of Western literature, stage and screen remain pervasive icons: the tea-pouring, submissive, sexually available geisha girl; the steely cold Dragon Lady dominatrix; as well as the portrayal of the Asian male as effeminate and asexual. These 'Oriental' illusions colour our social, cultural, business, and personal interactions, and affect East-West relations. This book challenges these images and explores Asia and Asians as they really are, with unclouded, de-eroticised eyes. It demands that we move beyond our misty-eyed myths of exotic difference, and reveals instead the fully dimensional human beings beyond our usual perceptions. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 95324) ... more |
AU$24.95 WAS AU$31.00 |
| Place Matters. Gendered Geography in Victorian Women's Travel Books about Southeast Asia.
MORGAN, SUSAN. Stock ID: 61484 xi + 345pp, notes, bibliography, index, very good paperback. Study of Victorian women's writings about Southeast Asia. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 61484) ... more |
AU$19.95 WAS AU$39.95 |
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Working and Mothering in Asia. Images, Ideologies and Identities.
DEVASAHAYAM, THERESA W. AND BRENDA S.A. YEOH (EDITORS). Stock ID: 101883 xiv + 256pp, index, paperback. "Large numbers of women in Asia engage in paid work, in many cases outside the home. Some of them simply need to support their families. Others, particularly educated women, hope to develop rewarding careers. Many of these women also continue to shoulder the home and family responsibilities that social and cultural norms define as their primary concern. In an effort to balance the conflicting demands of these roles, women in various Asian societies are negotiating, contesting and reconfiguring motherhood. Their experiences provide an important counterpoint to the lives of white middle-class North Americans, the focus of much of the previous research relating to this subject." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 101883) ... more |
AU$52.95 |