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1. Women's Movements in Asia

   Feminisms and Transnational Activism

   Edited by Mina Roces, Louise Edwards

   Women's Movements in Asia is a comprehensive study of women’s activism across Asia. With chapters written by leading international experts, it provides a full overview of the history of feminism, as well as the current context of the women’s movement in 12 countries: the Philippines, China,...

   Published May 18th 2010 by Routledge
2. Women in Asia

   Edited by Louise Edwards, Mina Roces

   Series: Critical Concepts in Asian Studies

   The academic study of women in Asia developed in the 1970s as a result of the convergence of the then emerging disciplines of Asian Studies and Women’s Studies. Initially, work on women in Asia grew from traditional branches of learning such as history, anthropology, politics, and literary studies....

   Published March 9th 2009 by Routledge
3. Women's Suffrage in Asia

   Gender, Nationalism and Democracy

   Edited by Louise Edwards, Mina Roces

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   Including chapters on Indonesia, India, Thailand, China, the Philippines, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, Vietnam and international suffrage connections, Women's Suffrage in Asia engages in debates on suffrage in the region by raising issues unique to the country's case studies presented. It explains why...

   Published June 30th 2004 by Routledge