Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific
Issue 29, May 2012



Allure and Anxiety:
Entertainers, Glamour Girls and New Women
in Japan and Korea


Guest editor: Hyaeweol Choi

Introduction

Allure and Anxiety: Entertainers, Glamour Girls and New Women in Japan and Korea
Hyaeweol Choi


Articles

The New Woman Meets the Geisha: The Politics of Pleasure in 1910s Japan
Jan Bardsley

The Courtesan's Journal:
Kisaeng and the Sex Labour Market in Colonial Korea
Ruth Barraclough

In Search of Knowledge and Selfhood: Korean Women Studying Overseas in Colonial Korea
Hyaeweol Choi


Commentaries

Between Allure and Anxiety: An Imaginary Encounter
Rebecca Copeland

Expanded Spaces and New Relations: The Evolution of New Women in East Asia
Karen Leong



Book Reviews
edited by Kumiko Kawashima, Tanya Caulfield and Tyrell Haberkorn

Neepa Majumdar
Wanted Cultured Ladies Only! Female Stardom and Cinema in India 1930s – 1950s
reviewed by Tanya Caulfield

Evelyn Blackwood
Falling Into the Lesbi World: Desire and Difference in Indonesia
reviewed by Sarah Crockarell

Rachmah Ida
Imaging Muslim Women in Indonesian Ramadan Soap Operas
reviewed by Petra Mahy

Anthony Synnott
Re-Thinking Men: Heroes, Villains and Victims
reviewed by Yves Laberge

Contributors

Books Received


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Published with the support of Gender and Cultural Studies, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University.
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