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<p>The paper draws on two drama series in Asia and demonstrates that studying issues related to gender roles and equality through popular historical Asian drama series is both challenging and fruitful. The present study not only illustrates the complexity involved in studying gender roles and gender equality, but also suggests several teaching pedagogies. Looking at gender roles and equality from a historical perspective and employing a comparative analysis of the past and present can help students assess whether gender roles and equality have remained the same or evolved in the Asian context. Critical literacy enables the broadening of perspectives when taking into consideration the gender roles adopted by the various characters to survive in the complex world. Critical literacy, pedagogies of affect as well as pedagogies of invitation and transformation can be utilized to examine how performing assigned gender roles can result in favouritism, which may in turn lead to atrocities. The implications of the study may be applicable to contexts outside Asia.</p>
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The paper draws on two drama series in Asia and demonstrates that studying issues related to gender roles and equality through popular historical Asian drama series is both challenging and fruitful. The present study not only illustrates the complexity involved in studying gender roles and gender equality, but also suggests several teaching pedagogies. Looking at gender roles and equality from a historical perspective and employing a comparative analysis of the past and present can help students assess whether gender roles and equality have remained the same or evolved in the Asian context. Critical literacy enables the broadening of perspectives when taking into consideration the gender roles adopted by the various characters to survive in the complex world. Critical literacy, pedagogies of affect as well as pedagogies of invitation and transformation can be utilized to examine how performing assigned gender roles can result in favouritism, which may in turn lead to atrocities. The implications of the study may be applicable to contexts outside Asia.

Gender roles and equality through popular Asian drama series: critical interpretations and pedagogical implications

Senior Lecturer, Nanyang Technological University

English Language and Literature Department

Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University

Journal of Pedagogy

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The paper draws on two drama series in Asia and demonstrates that studying issues related to gender roles and equality through popular historical Asian drama...

Gender roles and equality through popular Asian drama series: critical interpretations and pedagogical implications

Published Online: Jul 13, 2022

Page range: 31 - 47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jped-2022-0002

Keywords
gender roles, equality, poplar drama series, critical literacy, pedagogies

© 2022 Chiew Hong Ng et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Gender roles and equality through popular Asian drama series: critical interpretations and pedagogical implications

Published Online: Jul 13, 2022

Page range: 31 - 47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jped-2022-0002

Keywordsgender roles, equality, poplar drama series, critical literacy, pedagogies

© 2022 Chiew Hong Ng et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
gender roles, equality, poplar drama series, critical literacy, pedagogies