Growing up Female in Multi-Ethnic Malaysia

Cynthia Joseph is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia.

• Introduction 1. Ethnicities in Postcolonial Malaysia 2. Education in the 21st Century 3. Young Women in Multiethnic Malaysia 4. Parkview Girls High School 5. Academically High-achieving Girls 6. Academically Low Achieving Girls 7. Post-school Education and Training 8. Becoming Workers: Occupational Destinations 9. Becoming Women: Marriage, Sexuality and Gender Relations

"...this book is a useful and insightful addition to a research canon concerned with analysing the shifting and curious convolution of ethnicity and state politics that characterize contemporary Malaysia. A recommended read. "Sara Ashencaen Crabtree SOJOURNVol. 30, No. 2"This is a persuasive and compelling book [...] Joseph’s study of young females within the schoolingsystem strikes at the heart of the many questionings and critiques of the NEP."Maznah MohamadPacific AffairsVolume 89, No. 3 – September 2016