About the Book
Gendered Cityscapes provides a glimpse into the complex realities of gender disparity that can be seen in urban spaces of most Asian nations. The varied facets of gender research in Asian Universities that is presented here indicates that corrective national policies that focus on persisting gender gaps and inequities are essential in most of these countries. The authors explore the emerging aspects of gendered urbanisms in Asia and present a roadmap of public and civic action needed to address the underlying determinants of gender gaps here.
Contents
1 Rethinking the Intersectionality of Socio-Spatial Relations in Postcolonial India / Kamala Marius
2 Bodily Transgressions and the Gendering of Trade in an Urban Fish Market / Holly M. Hapke
3 Empowering Women / Siripurapu Padmaja
4 Gender-Friendly Educational Programmes in Historical Urban Gardens / I. Kyselka, P. Hudec and P. Blizkovsky
5 Disability, Gender and Urban Spaces in India / S. Karmakar and V. Saxena
6 Fashion Trends and the Construction of an Idealized Femininity in Modern Urban Japan / Kyoko Koma
7 Gender and Sexualization in Urban Japan / Hiromi Tanaka
8 Urban Women, Sexuality and Patriarchy / Amitabh Singh and Jyoti Joshi
9 Open Margins / Sandeep Kumar
10 The Thai Urban Transgender Sex Workers / Kittikorn Sankatiprapa
11 The Urban Girl Child and the Transformative Role of School Education / Aleesha Tangri
12 Women’s Agency and Urban Spaces / Divya Upadhyaya Joshi and Pooja Bohra
13 The Crises of Ethnicity and Urbanism in India / B.R. Pant and Raghubir Chand
14 Domestic Violence and Gender in the Urban Himalayan Home / Chhavi Arya and Chetna Jantwal
15 Changing Gender Ratios and Life in the Urban Central Himalaya / Ramesh Chandra Taragi and Raghubir Chand
About the Author / Editor
Divya Upadhyaya Joshi, PhD, is a Professor of Political Science and Deputy Director of the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Kumaun University, Nainital, India. She specializes in gender studies and her research has focused on the many complex aspects of the dynamics of gender in the marginalized mountain areas of India.
Hiromi Tanaka, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the School of Information and Communication at Meiji University, Japan. She specializes in feminist media studies and is currently working on funded projects on social media and gender (JSPS Kaken) and emotional AI (UKRI-JST).
Chompoonuh K. Perpoonwiwat, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Economics at Srinakharinwirot University in Bangkok. Her research interests are in public policy analysis related to local public finance, transportation, human resource development, and natural resource and environmental issues.
