TY - GEN T1 - Gender politics in the Asia-Pacific region T2 - International studies of women and place. A2 - Yeoh, Brenda S. A. A2 - Teo, Peggy A2 - Huang, Shirlena LA - English PP - London ; New York PB - Routledge YR - 2002 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn252967158 AB - Amidst the unevenness and unpredictability of change in the Asia-Pacific region, women's lives are being transformed. This volume takes up the challenge of exploring the ways in which women are active players, collaborators, participants, leaders and resistors in the politics of change in the region. The editors focus attention on the politics of gender as a mobilizing centre for identities, and the ways in which individualized identity politics may be linked to larger collective emancipatory projects based on shared interests, practical needs, or common threats. Collectively, the chapters ill. OP - 232 CN - HQ1236.5.A78 G456 2002eb SN - 0203994175 SN - 9780203994177 SN - 1134624514 SN - 9781134624515 SN - 1280115912 SN - 9781280115912 SN - 9786610115914 SN - 6610115915 SN - 1134624506 SN - 9781134624508 SN - 041520660X KW - Women : Political activity : Asia : Congresses. KW - Women : Political activity : Pacific Area : Congresses. KW - Femmes : Activité politique : Asie : Congrès. KW - Femmes : Activité politique : Pacifique, Région du : Congrès. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Feminism & Feminist Theory. KW - Women : Political activity KW - Asia KW - Pacific Area KW - Electronic books. KW - Conference papers and proceedings ER -