{"product_id":"gender-in-modern-east-asia-9780813348759","title":"Gender in Modern East Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGender in Modern East Asia\u003c\/em\u003e explores the history of women and gender in China, Korea, and Japan from the seventeenth century to the present. This unique volume treats the three countries separately within each time period while also placing them in global and regional contexts. Its transnational and integrated approach connects the cultural, economic, and social developments in East Asia to what is happening across the wider world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe text focuses specifically on the dynamic histories of sexuality; gender ideology, discourse, and legal construction; marriage and the family; and the gendering of work, society, culture, and power. Important themes and topics woven through the text include Confucianism, writing and language, the role of the state in gender construction, nationalism, sexuality and prostitution, New Women and Modern Girls, feminisms, \"comfort\" women, and imperialism. Accessibly written and comprehensive, Gender in Modern East Asia is a much-needed contribution to the study of the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-237837\"\u003eBarbara Molony\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813348759\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813348757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS008000\"\u003eAsia | China\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL054000\"\u003eWorld | Asian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS021000\"\u003eAsia | Japan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Molony is professor of history at Santa Clara University and author of numerous books and articles on gender in Japan. In addition to co-authoring \u003ci\u003eModern East Asia\u003c\/i\u003e (Pearson, 2012), Molony has co-edited two scholarly works on gender in Japan and Asia, written a monograph on technology and investment in prewar Japan, and is currently working on a biography of Ichikawa Fusae. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJanet Theiss is associate professor of history and director of the Asia Center at the University of Utah, and co-editor of the journal Late Imperial China. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eDisgraceful Matters: The Politics of Chastity in 18th Century China\u003c\/i\u003e (U California Press) and a number of articles on 18th century Chinese gender history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHyaeweol Choi is professor of Korean studies and director of the Korea Institute at the Australian National University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eGender and Mission Encounters in Korea: New Women, Old Ways\u003c\/i\u003e (U California Press) and \u003ci\u003eNew Women in Colonial Korea: A Sourcebook\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge). She has also co-edited \u003ci\u003eDivine Domesticities: Christian Paradoxes in Asia and the Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e (ANU Press).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44566316974317,"sku":"9780813348759","price":119.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_0958e501-ce26-43ff-b913-e8a35faac2c7.jpg?v=1701877408","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/gender-in-modern-east-asia-9780813348759","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}