Gender Justice and Contemporary Asian Literatures

<b>Representations of the struggle for gender justice in Asian literature</b><br/><br/>This 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.<br/><br/>Aimed at both specialists and nonspecialists, <i>Gender Justice and Contemporary Asian Literatures</i> 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.<br/><br/>This volume contains discussion of the following authors and works: Sarbjit Kaur Athwal, <i>Shamed</i>; Cho Namjoo, <i>Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982</i>; Dạ Ngân, <i>An Insignificant Family</i>; Ally Dalijo, "My Employer"; Kishwar Desai, <i>Origins of Love</i> and <i>Witness the Night</i>; Selina Hossain, "Motijan's Daughters"; Saba Imtiaz, <i>Karachi, You're Killing Me!</i>; Itō Shiori, <i>Black Box</i>; Meena Kandasamy, <i>When I Hit You; or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife</i>; Kawakami Mieko, <i>Breasts and Eggs</i>; Ratna Khaerudina, "Susi"; Kim Soom, <i>One Left</i>; Li Ang, <i>The Butcher's Wife</i>; Ma Jian, <i>The Dark Road</i>; Tisa Muhaddes, "Over and Over Again"; Murata Sayaka, <i>Convenience Store Woman</i>; Shabnam Nadiya, "Teacher Shortage"; Pak Wansŏ, "An Episode at Dusk, 2"; Patigül, <i>Bloodline</i>; 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, <i>One Child Nation</i>; Watanabe Jun'ichi, <i>Beyond the Blossoming Fields</i>; Zhou Daxin, <i>Longevity Park</i>.