Images of the 'modern Woman' in Asia: Global Media, Local Meanings
London; New York: RoutledgeCurzon (2001), xii, 211 pp.
Series: RoutledgeCurzon-IIAS Asian Studies Series
ISBN 0-7007-1343-3 (hbk); 0-7007-1353-0 (pbk)
"In examining the links between gender and the media, this volume asks questions involving the relationship between global media flows, gender and modernity in the region." (Publisher description)
Introduction / Shoma Munshi, 1
2 Changing Spaces of Global Media / Kevin Robins, 17
3 Women and Pornography in Kathmandu: Negotiating the 'Modem Woman' in a New Consumer Society / Mark Liechty, 34
4 Interiority and the 'Modem Woman' in Japan / Sarah Chaplin, 55
5 Marvellous Me: The Beauty Industry and the Construction of the 'Modem' Indian Woman / Shoma Munshi, 78
6 Selling the 'Modem Woman': Consumer Culture and Chinese Gender Politics / Perry Johansson, 94
7 Mulan Illustration? Ambiguous Women in Contemporary Chinese Cinema / Stephanie Hemelryk Donald and Christina Lee, 123
8 Prostitution, Politics and Power: Issues of the 'Foreign' in Western Television Documentaries of Female Sex Workers in Thailand / Rachel Harrison, 138
9 A Suitable Romance? Trajectories of Courtship in Indian Popular Fiction / Patricia Uberoi, 169
10 Comparative Modernities: Ottoman Women Writers and Western Feminism / Reina Lewis, 188
2 Changing Spaces of Global Media / Kevin Robins, 17
3 Women and Pornography in Kathmandu: Negotiating the 'Modem Woman' in a New Consumer Society / Mark Liechty, 34
4 Interiority and the 'Modem Woman' in Japan / Sarah Chaplin, 55
5 Marvellous Me: The Beauty Industry and the Construction of the 'Modem' Indian Woman / Shoma Munshi, 78
6 Selling the 'Modem Woman': Consumer Culture and Chinese Gender Politics / Perry Johansson, 94
7 Mulan Illustration? Ambiguous Women in Contemporary Chinese Cinema / Stephanie Hemelryk Donald and Christina Lee, 123
8 Prostitution, Politics and Power: Issues of the 'Foreign' in Western Television Documentaries of Female Sex Workers in Thailand / Rachel Harrison, 138
9 A Suitable Romance? Trajectories of Courtship in Indian Popular Fiction / Patricia Uberoi, 169
10 Comparative Modernities: Ottoman Women Writers and Western Feminism / Reina Lewis, 188
