Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series
Religion, Politics and Gender in Indonesia: Disputing the Muslim Body
1st Edition
By Sonja van Wichelen
March 28, 2012
The political downfall of the Suharto administration in 1998 marked the end of the "New Order" in Indonesia, a period characterized by 32 years of authoritarian rule. It opened the way for democracy, but also for the proliferation of political Islam, which the New Order had discouraged or banned. ...
Women, Identity and India's Call Centre Industry
1st Edition
By J.K. Tina Basi
March 28, 2012
This book examines the concept of globalised identities and the way in which agency is exercised over identity construction by women working in India’s transnational call centre industry. Drawing on qualitative empirical data and extensive original fieldwork, the book provides a nuanced analysis ...
Feminist Research Methodology: Making Meanings of Meaning-Making
1st Edition
By Maithree Wickramasinghe
November 05, 2011
This book focuses on feminist research methodology, exploring and analysing its constituting methods, theory, ontology, epistemology, ethics and politics, and research issues relating to women, gender and feminism in Sri Lanka. The book examines ways of meaning-making for the political, ideological...
Sex Trafficking in South Asia: Telling Maya's Story
1st Edition
By Mary Crawford
September 13, 2011
This book is a critical feminist analysis of sex trafficking. Arguing that trafficking in girls and women is a product of the social construction of gender and other dimensions of power and status within a particular culture and at a particular historical moment, this book offers the necessary ...