Table of Contents

Introduction: Global Narratives of Asia, Feminism and Youth 1. The National Samples: Background and Methods 2. Variations on Liberal Feminism: USA, Australia, Canada, Japan, Thailand and South Korea 3. National Development Feminism: India, Indonesia, China and Vietnam 4. Homosexuality and Pornography: The Commodification of Intimacy? 5. ‘Marriage shouldn’t be the end of life’: Sharing the Caring. Conclusion: Globalizing Discourses in the Neoliberal Age. Appendix 1: Characteristics of Countries in the Study. Appendix 2: The Questionnaire. Appendix 3: Tables Relating to Research Methods. Appendix 4: Charts and Tables Relating to Feminist Movement. Appendix 5: Charts and Tables Relating to Gender Issues

About the Author

Chilla Bulbeck was the Foundation Chair in Women’s Studies at the University of Adelaide and has taught at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Tokyo University. Her research interests focus on gender and cultural difference, and her publications include One World Women’s Movement (1988), Australian Women in Papua New Guinea: Colonial Passages 1920-1960 (1992), Living Feminism: The Impact of the Women’s Movement on Three Generations of Australian Women (1997) and Re-Orienting Western Feminism: Women’s Diversity in a Postcolonial World (1998).