Women’s Studies in Asia

Women's Studies in Taiwan: Gender, Culture & Society

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책 소 개: This is the first-ever English textbook series on women’s studies in Asia. More than 100 Asian feminist scholars and campaigners participated in the project, agreeing that they needed to shed traditional Western academic orientation.

Women’s Studies in Taiwan: Gender, Culture and Society

This book deals with a wide array of topics, including the history of women’s studies and feminist movements in Taiwan, the political and social implications of women’s active political participation in Taiwan where female lawmakers account for 20 percent of parliament, and critical reviews of women’s labor history.

Women’s Studies in Asia Series

[China] Mapping the Social, Economic and Policy Changes in Chinese Women's Lives
[India] Some Contemporary Contours: Women's Studies in India
[Indonesia] Indonesian Women in Changing Society
[South Korea] Women's Experiences and Feminist Practices in South Korea
[The Philippines] Selected Reading in Women's Studies in the Philippines
[Taiwan] Women's Studies in Taiwan: Gender, Culture & Society
[Thailand] Power, Knowledge and Justice: Women's Studies in Thailand

저자소개: 지은이 : Wei-hung Lin & Hsiao-chin Hsieh
Wei-hung Lin and Hsiao-chin Hsieh

차 례: preface Producing Knowledge from Asian Feminist Perspectives

Part 1. Introduction

chapter 1 The Development of the Women's Movement and Women's/Gender Studies in Taiwan

Part 2. History and Culture

chapter 2. Chastity in Chinese Eyes : Nannű Youbie

chapter 3 A Study of Gendered Communication Concerns of Graduate Students in Their Interactions with Advisors in Taiwan

chapter 4 "Are Daughters Family Members?" - Ethnic Variations of Gender-Biased Inheritance Practices in Taiwan

chapter 5 Marriage, Family, Prostitution, and Women of the Aboriginal Atayal Tribe in Taiwan, 1960-1998

chapter 6 Guanyin and the Buddhist Scholar Nuns : The Changing Meaning of Nun-hood

Part 3. Social Institution

chapter 7 Strength in Numbers : Increasing Women's Political Participation in Taiwan

chapter 8 A Critical Review of Women's Labor Market Experiences in Taiwan

chapter 9 The Colonial System, Female Medical Personnel and Their Social Status : Some Observations on the Japanese Colonial Period in Taiwan

chapter 10 Changes in Marriage and Family-Related laws in Taiwan : From Male Dominance to Gender Equality

chapter11 Menopause/Climacteric in Taiwan