Asian Women in Reregionalization

Just when scholarship about sex inequality & women in "Asia" is burgeoning, other scholars are coming to agree that Asia is neither a naturally occurring region nor a homogeneous social subject; thus, the subject of "women in Asia" logically becomes a non sequitur. However, B...

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Published in:Positions : Asia Critique 2007, Vol.15 (2), p.285-318
Main Author: Barlow, Tani E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asia
Asian History
Asian Studies
Centrality
Cultural Studies
Females
History
Political Economy
Regionalism
Sexual Division of Labor
Sexuality
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Summary:Just when scholarship about sex inequality & women in "Asia" is burgeoning, other scholars are coming to agree that Asia is neither a naturally occurring region nor a homogeneous social subject; thus, the subject of "women in Asia" logically becomes a non sequitur. However, Barlow contends that this ideological subject can have continued value with regard to sex & gender issues that affect women in all parts of Asia similarly. She demonstrates that there are ways to rearticulate the politics of gender & the sexual division of labor that would encourage other routes of re-regionalization. Theories about regionalization processes & sex-differentiated labor should represent women's centrality in political economy. Further, scholarship bringing the subject of women into the discussion of Asian re-regionalization should acknowledge that alternative models exist than the interests of global-governance agencies. The Taiwan-based Center for the Study of Sexualities & the Hong Kong-based Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives are rethinking international, especially US, trends in gender & sexuality. Their work illustrates how gendered scholarship is re-regionalizing what Asia means & how Asia is conceived. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:1067-9847
1527-8271
DOI:10.1215/10679847-2006-032