{"product_id":"gender-justice-and-contemporary-asian-literatures-a-casebook-1","title":"Gender Justice and Contemporary Asian Literatures","description":"\u003cb\u003eRepresentations of the struggle for gender justice in Asian literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis casebook investigates how diverse writers from across East, South, and Southeast Asia and their diasporas have engaged with the struggle for gender justice amid pervasive gender-based inequity and violence. Each chapter analyzes works of literature originally written in Bengali, Chinese, English, Indonesian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Marathi, Thai, and Vietnamese.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAimed at both specialists and nonspecialists, \u003ci\u003eGender Justice and Contemporary Asian Literatures\u003c\/i\u003e addresses such subjects as gender imparity in male-dominated professions; the lives of migrant sex workers and caregivers; the fight against reproductive, family, non-partner, and intimate partner violence; and norms of shame and silence surrounding violence against women. Informed by the author's deep knowledge of literature, history, culture, law, and social conditions, this book will be a resource for instructors and students in gender studies, women's studies, ethnic studies, Asian studies, Asian American studies, Asian diaspora studies, comparative literature, and world literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume contains discussion of the following authors and works: Sarbjit Kaur Athwal, \u003ci\u003eShamed\u003c\/i\u003e; Cho Namjoo, \u003ci\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/i\u003e; Dạ Ngân, \u003ci\u003eAn Insignificant Family\u003c\/i\u003e; Ally Dalijo, \"My Employer\"; Kishwar Desai, \u003ci\u003eOrigins of Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWitness the Night\u003c\/i\u003e; Selina Hossain, \"Motijan's Daughters\"; Saba Imtiaz, \u003ci\u003eKarachi, You're Killing Me!\u003c\/i\u003e; Itō Shiori, \u003ci\u003eBlack Box\u003c\/i\u003e; Meena Kandasamy, \u003ci\u003eWhen I Hit You; or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife\u003c\/i\u003e; Kawakami Mieko, \u003ci\u003eBreasts and Eggs\u003c\/i\u003e; Ratna Khaerudina, \"Susi\"; Kim Soom, \u003ci\u003eOne Left\u003c\/i\u003e; Li Ang, \u003ci\u003eThe Butcher's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e; Ma Jian, \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Road\u003c\/i\u003e; Tisa Muhaddes, \"Over and Over Again\"; Murata Sayaka, \u003ci\u003eConvenience Store Woman\u003c\/i\u003e; Shabnam Nadiya, \"Teacher Shortage\"; Pak Wansŏ, \"An Episode at Dusk, 2\"; Patigül, \u003ci\u003eBloodline\u003c\/i\u003e; Duanwad Pimwana, \"Men's Rights\"; Wena Poon, \"Development\"; Mey Son Sotheary, \"My Sister\"; Claire Tham, \"The Gunpowder Trail\"; Marianne Villanueva, \"The Mayor of the Roses\"; Wang Nanfu and Zhang Jialing, \u003ci\u003eOne Child Nation\u003c\/i\u003e; Watanabe Jun'ichi, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Blossoming Fields\u003c\/i\u003e; Zhou Daxin, \u003ci\u003eLongevity Park\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Modern Language Association of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49764596875608,"sku":"9781603296601","price":96.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781603296601_17371a6d-ec4d-4744-b2c6-a2e1b9f2ef44.jpg?v=1779856263","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/gender-justice-and-contemporary-asian-literatures-a-casebook-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}