This book explores the history of women and gender in China, Korea, and Japan from the seventeenth century to the present. This unique volume treats the three countries separately within each time period while also placing them in global and regional contexts.

Preface Maps 1. GENDER IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL EAST ASIA BEFORE 1600 Global Context China Korea Japan Connections References and Suggestions for Further Reading 2. GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN EARLY MODERN EAST ASIA Global Context China Korea Japan Connections References and Suggestions for Further Reading 3. URBAN AND RURAL LIVES IN THE EARLY MODERN ERA Global Context China Korea Japan Connections References and Suggestions for Further Reading 4. GENDER AND MODERNITY, 1860-1912 Global Context Japan Korea China Connections References and Suggestions for Further Reading 5. NATIONALISM AND FEMINISM IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD Global Context Japan Korea China Connections References and Suggestions for Further Reading 6. NEW WOMEN IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD Global Context Japan Korea China Connections References and Suggestions for Further Reading 7. GENDER, LABOR MARKETS, AND THE ECONOMY IN THE INTERWAR ERA Global Context Japan Korea China Connections References and Suggestions for Further Reading 8. GENDER AND WORLD WAR II Global Context Japan Korea China Connections References and Suggestions for Further Reading 9. RECONSTRUCTING GENDER IN THE EARLY COLD WAR ERA, 1945--1953 Global Context Korea China Japan Connections References and Suggestions for Further Reading 10. REVOLUTIONARY SOCIAL AND GENDER TRANSFORMATIONS, 1953 TO THE 1980s Global Context Japa11 South Korea North Korea China Taiwan Connections References and Suggestions for Further Reading 11. GENDER AND DOMESTIC AND TRANSNATIONAL FEMINISMS AFTER THE COLD WAR Global Context South Korea North Korea Japan China Taiwan Connections References and Suggestions for Further Reading Index