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Women’s/Gender Studies in Asia-Pacific
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Women’s/Gender Studies exist in various forms in many institutions throughout the Asia-Pacific region. This volume seeks to bring many different perspectives within the region together for comparative analysis.
 
Women’s/Gender Studies in Asia-Pacific It also seeks to make known that, unfortunately, the state, extent and overall quality of these programmes have suffered over the last ten or more years due to university re-structuring and budgetary constraints. In many instances, Women’s/Gender Studies have been kept alive only by dedicated professionals who have been willing to accept this responsibility in addition to their regular professional duties.

Academic debate and discussion in any field is good; it is healthy and a sign of vigor. Reflected in this volume, there is debate among proponents and practitioners of Women’s/Gender Studies on several fronts, including the relative merits of institutionalizing Women’s/Gender Studies programmes as full-fledged departments, or mainstreaming Women’s/Gender Studies curricula into core courses, sometimes along with the offering of individual classes. There is also debate as to the label for the field, whether Women’s Studies or Gender Studies should be used. Conclusions on these topics were not reached at this consultation, nor were they necessarily sought. In the end, the consensus opinion held that everyone and every institution had to weigh these issues in light of each local context and environment, and do what was deemed best. The papers contained herein describe in some detail just how institutions in the different countries represented have tackled these and other questions.
Edition 1st Edition
Editor(s) Bergstrom, Philip
Publication Date 2004
Publisher UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
Number of Pages 385 p.
Website for this book Website for this book
ISBN 92-9223-034-4
Type Text



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