Gender in Modern East Asia

"A groundbreaking work that brings together the gender history of China, Japan and Korea. Recommended textbook for gender historians and Modern East Asian specialists." --Angelina Chin, Pomona College "This is the first book in the field that provides a coherent, comprehensive and balanced History of gender relations in East Asia. Instead of producing yet another collection of articles, the authors, prominent gender historians of China, Japan and Korea respectively, were able to seamlessly combine their knowledge and unify their perspective in this book. This book not only integrates the histories of gender in China, Japan and Korea, highlighting important connections as well as differences, but it also explicitly sees them as part of global history of gender, as well as of global history." --Elena Valussi, Loyola University Chicago "This is the only book of its kind to provide a thorough and up to date analysis of gender in east asia, that is grounded in national and transnational contexts. It is suitable for undergraduates and graduate students, and covers the gendering of the private realms of marriage and family, as well as the discourses and power shifts related to work, law, and society." --Cristina Zaccarini, Adelphi University