Description: Further DetailsTitle: Wives, Mistresses and MatriarchsCondition: NewSubtitle: Asian Women TodayISBN-10: 084769139XEAN: 9780847691395ISBN: 9780847691395Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/30/1998Description: This rich and perceptive book shatters the myth of the submissive Asian woman with its vivid portraits of women in the region. Drawing on her many years working in Asia, Louise Williams frames the issues facing women through the experiences of individuals. We are introduced to women as varied as politicians, call girls and mistresses, revolutionary heroines, laborers, and business magnates. Exploring the paths to power_both private and public_available to women in Asia, Williams has had remarkable access to both the famous and the faceless. She skillfully draws out the stories of extraordinary individuals ranging from Benazir Bhutto, Corazon Aquino, and Aung San Suu Kyi to the one-time Viet Cong commando, the Jakarta factory girl, the Korean publisher, and the Osecond wifeO in the Chinese mistress village that serves Hong KongOs wealthy men.Common themes emerge: the expectation that women will place their OdutiesO to their husbands at the forefront of their daily lives, whether or not they have their own vocations to pursue; the continuing importance placed on the need to bear male children; and the pervasive attitude among Asian men that extramarital relationships are their prerogative. We discover how a region that elects the worldOs first female prime minister at the same time tolerates child prostitution in Bangkok and Manila. We see how women can rise to the top of industrial conglomerates or be sold into servitude. Set in a vast region of enormous social disparity and rapid change, these unique stories dispel Western stereotypes and show just how often the concerns of women in Asia differ from those of women in the West.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 232mmItem Length: 155mmItem Width: 23mmItem Weight: 476gAuthor: Louise WilliamsGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Gender Sex & Relationships, Social SciencesRelease Year: 1998 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Wives, Mistresses and Matriarchs
Title: Wives, Mistresses and Matriarchs
Subtitle: Asian Women Today
ISBN-10: 084769139X
EAN: 9780847691395
ISBN: 9780847691395
Release Date: 12/30/1998
Release Year: 1998
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Wives, Mistresses and Matriarchs : Asian Women Today
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication Year: 1998
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: Public Policy / Social Policy, Women's Studies
Genre: Political Science, Social Science
Item Weight: 16.8 Oz
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Louise Williams
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
