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| Pink Fits. Sex, Subcultures and Discourses in the Asia-Pacific.
MURRAY, ALISON. Stock ID: 53554 198pp, glossary, bibliography, paperback, laminate covering peeling from lower corner lower cover. "This confronting book explores ideas and practices of sex work and sexuality in the diverse urban subcultures of Southeast Asia. With extensive primary research, Alison Murray has canvassed changing sexualities, street prostitutes, gay styles and lesbian communities in Asia, Thai sex workers in Sydney, and various official, informal and overseas aid responses to the AIDS virus. Murray challenges the depiction of the Asian sex worker as helpless victim, and the strident moralising of many Western commentators, as obstacles to responsible policies." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 53554) ... more |
AU$29.95 |
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| Asia's New Mothers Crafting Gender Roles and Childcare Networks in East and Southeast Asian Societies
OCHIAI, EMIKO, MOLONY, BARBARA Stock ID: 102491 240pp, Hardback. Through a focus on childcare, this book offers a comparative regional analysis unique in English-language sources of changing gender roles in East and Southeast Asia. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 102491) ... more |
AU$120.00 |
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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$49.95 |
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Gender and Power in Affluent Asia
SEN, KRISHNA, AND MAILA STIVENS. Stock ID: 102001 xiii + 323pp, index, paperback, neat signature front free endpaper. New Rich in Asia Series. Gender and Power in Affluent Asia is the first major study to analyse the relatioships between gender and power that have accompanied the rise of Asian affluence., Examines the relationships between gender and power that have accompanied the rise of Asian affluence. This work seeks to prompt a series of questions about links between gender, modernity and globalization in the region and pursues two major themes: that gender relations are central to the makings of the middle classes and modernity in the region; and that representations of gender occupy a central place in the contests about meanings and identities accompanying these processses. The book provides more than just an analysis of Asian women, it demonstrates the central importance of gender in the modernizing and globalizing of Asia. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 102001) ... more |
AU$35.00 WAS AU$74.00 |
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National Geographic Magazine. April 1907. Vol. XVIII, No. 4.
(WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF FAR EAST) Stock ID: 53609 Single issue of the magazine in original paper wrappers as issued, black and white illustrations, 218 - 282pp + ads. Little chipping at ends of spine, otherwise very good to fine condition. Includes two articles: "Women and Children of the East" by Eliza Scidmore "with a series of 25 typical illustrations of the Far East'; "Millions for Moisture. An Account of the Work of the U.S. Reclamation Service" by C.J. Blanchard. Photographs include women and children from Ceylon, India, Japan, Burma and Java. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 53609) ... more |
AU$125.00 |
| 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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| Sex Slaves. The Trafficking of Women in Asia.
BROWN, LOUISE. Stock ID: 70466 xi + 276pp, notes, bibliography, paperback. "The Asian sex trade is often assumed to cater predominantly to foreigners. 'Sex Slaves' turns that belief on its head to show that while western sex tourists have played a vital part in the growth of the industry, the primary customers of Asia's indentured sex workers and of its child prostitutes are overwhelmingly Asian men. Here are the voices of some of the world's most silent and abused women - women who have been forced into prostitution by the men they trust. This is their story: about the journey from home to captivity; the horrors of 'seasoning' for prostitution; and the hidden life within the brothel." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 70466) ... more |
AU$22.00 |
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Trafficked.
MALTZAHN, KATHLEEN. Stock ID: 119605 125pp, paperback. Kathleen Maltzahn, a well-known activist on behalf of trafficked women, looks at Australias role as a destination for trafficked women, and spells out a program of reforms needed to dramatically improve policing and offer women a viable way out of the sex industry. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 119605) ... more |
AU$16.95 |
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Gender Works. Oxfam Experience in Policy and Practice.
PORTER, FENELLA. Stock ID: 126855 344pp, notes, appendix, index, paperback. Based on a participatory process involving many Oxfam GB staff, Gender Works gives a multi-faceted account of the organisation's attempt to integrate gender issues into its work and culture over the past 15 years. It is an important book for development policy-makers and practitioners as well as academic researchers. The 36 contributors include women and men from all over the world who work for or with Oxfam GB and other national Oxfams. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 126855) ... more |
AU$41.95 |
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Gender and ICTs for Development. A Global Sourcebook.
Stock ID: 126854 143pp, bibliography, indices, web resources, paperback. Critical Reviews and Annotated Bibliographies Series. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 126854) ... more |
AU$49.95 |