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This is the first-ever English textbook series on women’s studies in Asia. More than 100 Asian feminist scholars and campaigners participated in the project, agreeing that they needed to shed traditional Western academic orientation.

Women’s Experiences and Feminist Practices in South Korea

This Korean textbook was jointly compiled by two leading feminist scholars of Ewha Womans University―Prof. Kim Eun-shil, director of the Asian Women’s Studies Center, and Prof. Chang Pil-wha of the Women’s Studies Department. It analyzes women’s status in Korean society under Confucianism and nationalism, feminist movements since the 1980s, and changes surrounding new familism and sexuality.

Women’s Studies in Asia Series

[China] Mapping the Social, Economic and Policy Changes in Chinese Women's Lives

[India] Some Contemporary Contours: Women's Studies in India

[Indonesia] Indonesian Women in Changing Society

[South Korea] Women's Experiences and Feminist Practices in South Korea

[The Philippines] Selected Reading in Women's Studies in the Philippines 

[Taiwan] Women's Studies in Taiwan: Gender, Culture & Society

[Thailand] Power, Knowledge and Justice: Women's Studies in Thailand