Gendering Asia

A Nordic Research Network

Gendering Asia Book Series

Gendering Asia is a new and groundbreaking series addressing gender issues in Asia published by NIAS Press. PDF Flyer

Gendering Asia addresses the ways in which  power and the constructions of gender, sex,  sexuality, and the body are intertwined with  one another and pervade contemporary Asian  societies. The series invites discussion of how  people shape their identities as females or  males and, at the same time, become shaped  by the very societies in which they live. The  series is concerned with the region as a whole  in order to capture the wide range of understandings and practices that are found in East,  Southeast, and South Asian societies with respect to gendered roles and relations in various  social, political, religious, and economic contexts. Gendering Asia is, then, a multidisciplinary series that explores theoretical, empirical, and methodological issues in the social  sciences.

We are always pleased to receive serious  book proposals from authors wherever they  are in the world. To do so, please contact one  of the series editors:

• Wil Burghoorn, Senior Lecturer, Center for Asian Studies, Gothenburg University, Sweden (wil.burghoorn@ceas.gu.se)
• Cecilia Milwertz, Senior Researcher, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Denmark (milwertz@nias.ku.dk)
• Helle Rydstrøm, Associate Professor, Center for East and Southeast Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden (helry@tema.liu.se).

Advisory Board

An international advisory board consisting of well-established senior scholars will supervise the running of the series. Current members are:

Eyal Ben-Ari (The Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace)

Elisabeth Croll (School of Oriental and African Studies)

Phyllis Ghim Lian Chew (Technological University of Singapore) Elisabeth Croll (SOAS)

Mikiko Eto (Hosei University of Japan)

Roger Greatrex (Lund University)

Sharifa Zaleha Syed Hassan (National University of Malaysia)

Gustaaf Houtman (Royal Anthropological Institute)

Signe Howell (Oslo University)

Maria Jaschok (Oxford University)

Naila Kabeer (University of Sussex)

Charles Keyes (University of Washington)

Don Kulick (New York University)

Jean S. La Fontaine (LSE)

Hy Van Luong (Toronto University)

Nina Lykke (Linköping University)

Josephine Ho (National Central University of Taiwan)

Annika Rabo (Stockholm University)

Maila Stivens (University of Melbourne)

Young-Hee Shim (Hanyang University of Seoul)

Britt-Marie Thurén (Gothenburg University)

Ing-Britt Trankéll (Uppsala University)

Penny van Esterik (York University)

Jayne Werner (Columbia University)

Li Yinhe (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

Brenda S.A. Yeoh (Singapore University)

Forthcoming books in the series:

Making Fields of Merit Buddhist Nuns and Gendered Orders in Thailand

Monica Lindberg Falk

This first monograph published on the lives and aspirations of Thai Buddhist nuns presents unique ethnography of the nuns’ lives and examines what it means to be a female ascetic in contemporary Thailand. Given the recent struggles for recognition by Buddhist nuns and restoration of a Theravada order of female monks in Thailand, this is a very timely study. October 2005, 320 pp., illus. Hbk • 87-91114-65-9 • £45 Gendering Asia flyer.indd 2 25/2/05 15:08:20