Gendered Inequalities in Asia: Configuring, Contesting and Recognizing Women and Men

Global processes with flows in money, commodities and people have made it increasingly varied and blurred in what it means to be a female or male in Asia today.

By focusing on unequal access to political and religious power, occupation and health facilities, as well as different options when it comes to family life and sexuality, the recognition of women and men is explored in this volume as manifestations of ideas about femininity and masculinity. Readers will find insightful contributions that consider how gender relations in Asia - and indeed the very meaning of gender itself - are affected by neo-liberalism, globalization and economic growth; security in all of its meanings; multiculturalism, race and class; family life, power and intergenerational support; religious discourses and activism; and by male norms in politics.