...This chapter adds race to the complications of gender politics in Red Rose/White Rose (1994). Writing in a lucid, satirical, yet profoundly humanistic style that one could call “postrealist,” Eileen Chang’s 1942 story illustrates the sexual and ideological confusions of a Western...

... remain interconnected with the emergence of an urban corporeal modernity, the destabilization of gender roles, and ultimately the place of Mongols on the Euro-Asian social and ethnic continuum. It challenges the limitations of functionalist explanations that analyze anti-Chinese sentiments in Mongolia...

... of the nation in relation to the gendered dimension of nationalism. Finally, it shows that homosexuality in Mongolia is a taboo, and that homophobia is very pervasive in society. Emancipation female Women Alcoholism Education Exploitation Gender Ger cleanliness Humphrey Caroline Literacy Unemployment...

... of the typical difficulties faced by migrants who return home to Japan, particularly in terms of the job market. Returnees tend to reflect longingly on NYC and speak nostalgically of their time there, rather than talk about the process of reintegration. It also explores issues of aging and gender for returnees...

... that participation in farewell rituals greatly shaped these men's gender identity. The lens of shared travel experience helps shed light on the complex ways masculinities were constructed in the Song. elite travel farewell ceremonies friendship Huang Martin Gao Jianli Huang Kuanzhong Jing Ke ?–227 B C Siming...

... or adapted from stories by women writers. It explores the gendered social and ideological implications in the relationship between urban women and consumer-culture-defined “private” domains such as love, marriage, and family. Ot looks into the pursuit of happiness and its related discontent in relation...

... the maquettes (scale models) of real estate showrooms the photographer fills with self-designed dramas from everyday life. While presenting viewers with urban fictions, the manufactured architectural models and fabricated shows pinpoint critical social problems and gender issues in a rapidly changing society...

..., but has also a deep connection with gender. It then discusses three novels that depict the hunger and appetite of various social dropouts, outcasts, and marginalized people in the prewar, wartime, and postwar periods. The final text examined is somewhat different from the others, as it does not deal...

...This chapter investigates the culturally specific ways in which cross-dressing and dancing connect with issues of gender, sex, and sexuality through femininity. In particular, it examines the 1998 Drag Queen competition, looking at the ways in which local and Western styles are put together...

... of malu (Indonesian word for shyness, embarrassment, shame, or restraint and propriety), it argues that women's decision to use skin-whitening products is driven by the so-called “gendered management of affect.” It discusses the gendered ways in which emotions and affects are managed and links...

.... Drawing on affect theories and cultural studies of emotions, it has analyzed race in a transnational context and in the process has rethought the notion of “race,” that is, as affectively constructed. It has considered the representation of emotions about people of different race, gender, and skin color...

...Japan’s Gender Equality Law was introduced in 1999, followed by the passage of municipal gender equality ordinances throughout the country. A backlash against feminism then occurred as a reaction to the perceived “invasion” of feminism in the local political arena. Based on the author’s long-term...

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... these externally imposed definitions of Native men with direct and visible resistance. They rejected passivity and replaced presumed submission with obvious assertion. decolonization feminization of Hawai‘i gender hula tourism colonialism manhood masculinity media stereotypes stereotypes of Hawaiian men...

...This chapter presents the author's account of incidents of racial and gender discrimination that she has endured in higher education. As is often the case, even as her research and teaching deconstruct and critique institutionalized racism and sexism, she faces both blatant and subtle...

... of Asian American Studies, the author examines specific forms of racial and gender inequalities in higher education and suggests strategies for making the academy more supportive of people of color and women. These inequalities include racist and elitist views of scholarship, deficient mentoring for women...

... these channels that are crucial to the prosperity of the world. The relationship of Buddha to place echoes that depicted in classical Buddhist texts and is also found in the story of the Burmese Mahāmuni image. A Lanna story from Lampang also distinctively casts light on gender relations in Buddhism. buddhadesa...

... of feminine behavior, and they also suffered the pressures and condemnations directed at them in case of deviation from the norms. Their ordeals are the focus of qing-inspired male authors who create scenarios in which the inherent imbalances of social and gender boundaries fleetingly...

... illustrates the ways in which these students must balance family and school obligations. It also illustrates the need to move beyond a singular emphasis on the gender role expectations of Hmong women. Such a focus neglects the pressures faced by young Hmong men to contribute to the economic, social...

... and transformation in East Asia during the first half of the twentieth century. Finally, it analyzes the link between gender and imperialism by focusing on women's experience of (post)coloniality. British empire colonialism Verne Jules Fukuzawa Yukichi 福澤諭吉 1835–1901 Japanese empire modernity modernization...