Tag Archives: West

Call for Papers: Seminar – Women, Gender, and Efforts for Equality: Comparative Asian-Western Perspectives

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Paula

Women, Gender, and Efforts for Equality: Comparative Asian-Western Perspectives Women, Gender, and Efforts for Equality: Comparative Asian-Western Perspectives (Alternative unofficial title: Women on the Warpath) In April 2014 Germaine Greer, author of The Female Eunuch and other pathbreaking books, spoke at the … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Race and Racism in Modern East Asia

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Paula

Rotem Kowner and Walter Demel (eds.),  Race and Racism in Modern East Asia: Western and Eastern Constructions. Leiden: Brill, 2012. • xxiv, 594 pages   Race and Racism in Modern East Asia juxtaposes Western racial constructions of East Asians with constructions … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: At Home Abroad: The Contemporary Western Experience in Japan

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Paula

With Japan’s graying working population rapidly dwindling, supplementing the labor shortage with non-Japanese workers has been proposed as one solution to this demographic crisis.  It is crucial, however, that foreign nationals not only be “imported,” but also that Japanese and … Continue reading →

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