Subject: Tags: Spam prevention:Please, enter the code that you see below in the input field. This is for blocking bots that try to post this form automatically. If the code is hard to read, then just try to guess it right. If you enter the wrong code, a new image is created and you get another chance to enter it right.Enter code: Content: RCIP_adm Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We are happy to announce that Asian Women and > Intimate Work edited by Ochiai Emiko and > Aoyama Kaoru and published as the 3rd volume > of The Intimate and the Public in Asian and > Global Perspectives (IPAP) series from > Brill has been selected > in Choice magazine's 2014 list > of Outstanding Academic Titles. > Choice is a publication of Association of > College & Research Libraries (ACRL) and a > division of American Library Association (ALA). We > are pround that two volumes from the same > series that is the outcome of our > collaborative endeavor have > been awarded. The 1st volume, Ryōsai Kenbo: > The Educational Ideal of 'Good Wife, Wise Mother' > in Modern Japan by Koyama Shizuko, was also a > winner of the Choice Award in 2013. Reviews Winner > of the 2014 Choice Outstanding Academic Title > Award: Kyoto University (Japan) sociologists > Ochiai (with Barbara Molony, Asia's New Mothers, > 2008) and Aoyama (Thai Migrant Sexworkers, 2009) > have compiled a formidable volume on the > construction of Asian women as skillful at > intimate work, and how women live within this > construction. The study stands out for its > elucidation of the viewpoints of Asian women > engaged in intimate labor, which the contributors > define and investigate in capitalist and > postsocialist states. Sociologists based in Asia > and writing in Asian languages (translated into > English) contribute 11 chapters that explore > intimate work in India, China, Japan, South Korea, > Southeast Asia, and Holland. The book's three > parts cover the historical formation of intimate > work, the emergence and transformation of the > ideal image of Asian women as good wives and wise > mothers, and the international migration of Asian > women. The forms of intimate work treated include > housework, sex work, elder care, childcare, and > marital duties. Much of this labor occurs > transnationally as well as, increasingly, within > Asia. Authors underscore the fact that more than > half of all international labor migrants are > women, the majority of whom engage in intimate > work, which makes this volume an important > addition to the scholarship. Summing Up: > Essential.Upper-division undergraduates and above. > --T. L. Loos, Cornell University Copyright 2014 > American Library Association