Asian Women

Dr. Tineke Hellwig is the Chair of Women's Studies and Associate Professor in Asian Studies, University of British Columbia.Dr. Sunera Thobani is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at the Centre for Research in Women's Studies and Gender Relations, University of British Columbia.

• Acknowledgements Introduction - Tineke Hellwig and Sunera ThobaniHerstories: Lived ExperiencesChapter 1: Issues in Constituting asian-canadian feminisms - Jo-Anne LeeWhy now? Why This Term?What's in a Name?asian canadian as a Political Constituencyacf as Ambiguity and StruggleThe Need for asian-canadian feminist ThoughtA Beginningacf in Women's Studies ClassroomsAsian Feminist TransnationalismConclusionChapter 2: Modernization and Global Restructuring of Women's Work: Border-Crossing Stories of Iranian Women - Parin DossaIntroductionThe Intersectionality Paradigm: ""Why Can I Not Work in Canada?""Border CrossingFirst MomentsThe Canvas of LifeConclusionChapter 3: Emancipation of Oppression in Diaspora? Korean Women Academics and Their Diasporic Experience - Hyaeweol ChoiIntroductionAlternative Space Imagined for WomenRearticulation of Gender Identity through Transnational ExperienceBecoming Women of ""Colour""ConclusionChapter 4: Diasporic Culture and Women in Diaspora: The Case of Rene Wu - Limin BaiIntroductionNo Education for Girls: A Chinese Childhood in AustraliaRene's Marriage: Following Your Rooster When You Are Married to a RoosterDiasporic Culture and Implications for Women in DiasporaIMAGINING ASIAN-NESS IN THE DIASPORAChapter 5: Translation and Transformation in Chorus of Mushrooms and When Fox Is a Thousand - Shao-Pin LuoIntroductionStory: RememberingMyth: RetellingPoetry: RevisioningConclusion: TransformationsChapter 6: Abusive Mothers: Literary Representations of the Mother Figure in Three Ethnic Chinese Writers: Hsieh Ping-ying, Denis Chong, and Chen Ying - Maria NgIntroductionHsieh Ping-ying and Mothers in May Fourth WritingChinese Canadian Writers Representing MothersConclusionChapter 7: From Dragon Lady to Action Hero: Race and Gender in Popular Western Television - Yasmin JiwaniIntroductionProblematizing ""Asian"" WomenHistorical Representations: The LegacyContemporary RepresentationsDragon Ladies and Warrior WomenThe Warrior Woman and the Asian GoddessCondensing Two Traditions in One SignConclusionASIA VIEWINGChapter 8: Uncertain Triangles: Lesbian Desire in Hong Kong Cinema - Helen Hok-Sze LeungPrologue: Beyond the Marriage DebatesHong Kong Cinema and the Lesbian SubjectTheories of TrianglesHeroic Masculinity and Femme InvisibilityRomance and Its DiscontentHeterosexual HorrorsChapter 9: ""Pop"" Feminism in China: The Expansion of Women's Studies to Popular Women's Magazines - Sharon R. WesokyIntroductionWomen's Studies in ChinaWomen's Magazines and Feminist ActivismWomen's Studies in Women's MagazinesConclusionChapter 10: Knowledge Crossing Borders: Images of South Asian Women in Newspaper Reporting on Sex-Selection Practices - Marsha HenryIntroductionWorlds Apart? Analyzing Canadian Newspapers in Relation to SSPHierarchies within: Analyzing Indian Newspapers in Relation to SSPConclusionBibliographyNotes on the ContributorsCopyright Acknowledgements