Gender in Southeast Asia

Klappentext This Element examines gender in Southeast Asia by focusing on two main themes. The first concerns hegemonic cultural constructions of gender and Southeast Asian subjects' responses to these dominant discourses. Roces introduces hegemonic discourses on ideal masculinities and ideal femininities, evaluates the impact of religion, analyses how authoritarian regimes fashion these ideals. Discussion then turns to the hegemonic ideals surrounding desire and sexualities and the way these are policed by society and the state. The second theme concerns the ways hegemonic ideals influence the gendering of power and politics. Roces argues that because many Southeast Asians see power as being held by kinship alliance groups, women are able to access political power through their ties with men-as wives, mothers, daughters, sisters and even mistresses. However, women's movements have challenged this androcentric division of power. Vorwort Examines gender in Southeast Asia through cultural constructions of gender, responses to these discourses and the gendering of power. Zusammenfassung This Element examines gender in Southeast Asia by focusing on two main themes: hegemonic cultural constructions of gender and the way hegemonic ideals influence the gendering of power and politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Gender Ideals; 3. Religion; 4. Authoritarian Regimes Fashion Hegemonic Gender Ideals: Indonesia and Vietnam; 5. Desire and Sexualities; 6. Power and Politics; 7. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Mina Roces, Mina (University of New South Wales Roces, Roces Mina
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781108741637
• ISBN: 978-1-108-74163-7
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state