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Working and mothering in Asia : images, ideologies and identities / edited by Theresa W. Devasahayam & Brenda S. A. Yeoh.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gendering Asia seriesPublisher: Singapore : Copenhagen : NUS Press ; Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 2007Description: xiv, 256 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9971693488
  • 9789971693480
  • 8776940136
  • 9788776940133
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.8743095 22
Contents:
1. Asian women negotiating work challenges and family commitments / Theresa W. Devasahayam and Brenda S. A. Yeoh -- 2. Post-modern motherhoods and cultural contest in Malaysia and Singapore / Maila Stivens -- 3. Contradictions in maternal roles in contemporary Japan / Keiko Hirao -- 4. The career mother in matrimonial and custody proceedings in Singapore / Debbie Ong -- 5. For better or worse? : working mothers in late Vietnamese socialism / Daniele Belanger and Xavier Oudin -- 6. Impact of maternal employment on child health : the case of Haryana state in North India / Santosh Jatrana -- 7. Constructions of mothering : the experience of female Filipino overseas workers / Carolyn I. Sobritchea -- 8. The musician, the masseuse and the manager : sexy mothers in Sabah / Anne-Marie Hilsdon -- 9. Motherhood shifts when Chinese families relocate : Chinese women's education work in Canada / Janet W. Salaff, Arent Greve and Xuan Chen.
Review: "Large numbers of women in Asia engage in paid work, in many cases outside the home. Some of them simply need to support their families. Others, particularly educated women, hope to develop rewarding careers. Many of these women also continue to shoulder the home and family responsibilities that social and cultural norms define as their primary concern. In an effort to balance the conflicting demands of these roles, women in various Asian societies are negotiating, contesting and reconfiguring motherhood. Their experiences provide an important counterpoint to the lives of white middle-class North Americans, the focus of much of the previous research relating to this subject." "The authors approach the subject from various academic disciplines - anthropology, sociology, gender studies, demography and law - but their writings identify a number of common themes, including patriarchy, labour and relationships, strategies of accommodation, conflict and emotion management, the role of fathers, socio-cultural definitions of "good mothering", and the political meanings of "maternity" and "family". The result is a substantial contribution to studies of Asian societies and to comparative research on gender."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Asian women negotiating work challenges and family commitments / Theresa W. Devasahayam and Brenda S. A. Yeoh -- 2. Post-modern motherhoods and cultural contest in Malaysia and Singapore / Maila Stivens -- 3. Contradictions in maternal roles in contemporary Japan / Keiko Hirao -- 4. The career mother in matrimonial and custody proceedings in Singapore / Debbie Ong -- 5. For better or worse? : working mothers in late Vietnamese socialism / Daniele Belanger and Xavier Oudin -- 6. Impact of maternal employment on child health : the case of Haryana state in North India / Santosh Jatrana -- 7. Constructions of mothering : the experience of female Filipino overseas workers / Carolyn I. Sobritchea -- 8. The musician, the masseuse and the manager : sexy mothers in Sabah / Anne-Marie Hilsdon -- 9. Motherhood shifts when Chinese families relocate : Chinese women's education work in Canada / Janet W. Salaff, Arent Greve and Xuan Chen.

"Large numbers of women in Asia engage in paid work, in many cases outside the home. Some of them simply need to support their families. Others, particularly educated women, hope to develop rewarding careers. Many of these women also continue to shoulder the home and family responsibilities that social and cultural norms define as their primary concern. In an effort to balance the conflicting demands of these roles, women in various Asian societies are negotiating, contesting and reconfiguring motherhood. Their experiences provide an important counterpoint to the lives of white middle-class North Americans, the focus of much of the previous research relating to this subject." "The authors approach the subject from various academic disciplines - anthropology, sociology, gender studies, demography and law - but their writings identify a number of common themes, including patriarchy, labour and relationships, strategies of accommodation, conflict and emotion management, the role of fathers, socio-cultural definitions of "good mothering", and the political meanings of "maternity" and "family". The result is a substantial contribution to studies of Asian societies and to comparative research on gender."--BOOK JACKET.

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