Rethinking Representations of Asian Women

Chapter 1 Introduction: Pluralizing Images, the Sphere of Everyday Life, and the Agency of Relatedness: Representative Interventions for Women in Asia

Chapter 2 The Mother’s Identity among the Korean Diaspora Women of Japan

Chapter 3 On Encouraging Mothers of Multiple Children through the Order of the Mother Glorious in Mongolia

Chapter 4 Imperial Japan and the Female Skin Divers ( Chamsu ) of Jeju Island, South Korea

Chapter 5 Everyday Practices of Immigrant Vietnamese Women in Japan in Obtaining Ingredients for the Food of Their Homeland

Chapter 6 Divorced Newcomer Korean Women in Japan: The Decision to Remain in Japan and Lifestyle Adjustments

Chapter 7 Crafting Religious Selves in a Transnational Space: Japanese Women Who Converted to Islam upon Marrying Pakistani Migrants

Chapter 8 Working in the City and Rearing Children in the Hometown: Women-centered Relationships of a Patrilineal Chinese Family in Peninsular Malaysia

Chapter 9 A Concerned Mother of the Souls in the House: The Agency of Vietnamese Elderly Women Who Live Alone in Their Home Villages

Chapter 10 A Regime Where the Woman’s Voice Is Heard: Guanluoyin as a Form of Abortion Ritual in Contemporary Taiwan

Chapter 11 The Role of Women’s Self-Help Networks in Anti-caste Discrimination Movements in Nepal