Title: Women across Asia : issues of identities /
Authors: Ghosh, Lipi.; Mukhopadhyay, Ishita.; Chakraborty, Suchandra.; Indian Association for Asian & Pacific Studies (Calcutta, India); University of Calcutta.; Indian Association for Asian & Pacific Studies (Kolkata, India)
Publisher: Gyan Pub. House,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Gender identity India Asia Congresses.; Feminism Asia Congresses.; Gender identity India Congresses.; Gender identity Asia Congresses.; Feminism India Congresses.
Abstract: Contributed articles on gender identity and feminism presented earlier at a workshop moderated by Indian Association for Asian and Pacific Studies and Women Studies Research Centre, University of Calcutta.
Contents: Gender stereotyping in South Asia / Ishita Mukhopadhyay -- Gender disparity in South Asia : a comparative study of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka / Smita Majumdar -- Whither the women of Asia? : an exploration of the trends in the nature of women's engagements visible in Asia / Bonita Aleaz -- Women participation in Panchayati Raj Institution in West Bengal / Madhulika Mitra and Somnath Mitra -- Globalisation and its impact on women workers : the Asian experience / Suman Ray and Basabi Chakraborty -- Quest for identity : a brief sketch of the Palestinian women's movement / Aditi Bhaduri -- Between secular teaching and Islamic preaching : confused identity of Soviet Central Asian women / Nandini Bhattacharya -- Between "homeland" and home : Russian women in Uzbekistan / Anita Sengupta -- Women's (non)identity : the case of the Bauls' Sadhansanginis / Rajasri Basu -- Con(fused) identity of a flying woman / Swati Ghosh -- Identity - women - advertisement : politics of viewing / Sarbani Guha Ghosal -- Religion, sex and issues of identity : women in Thailand / Lipi Ghosh -- Japanese women : Mukoirikon to modernisation / Purabi Gangopadhyay -- Women in Bhutan : aspects of their status and role / Seikh Rahim Mondal.