Working and Mothering in Asia

Images, Ideologies and Identities

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

AvTheresa W. Devasahayam,Yeoh Saw Ai Brenda

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Many women in Asia engage in full-time work and continue to shoulder home and familial responsibilities in accordance to social and cultural norms. As larger structural, economic, historical and social forces impinge upon the way women negotiate roles as mother and worker in everyday life, the definition of "motherhood" in Asia, as in other parts of the world, is highly nuanced and variegated.The model of the male as breadwinner, a feature of middle and upper class households, has undergone tremendous change in recent time. Increasingly, women (particularly those who are better-educated) have entered the job market owing to rising costs of living and a desire to work. This book examines how Asian women negotiate, contest and reconfigure motherhood in a region characterised by different cultures, societies, ethnic, religious and class groupings.This book reveals recurrent themes on patriarchy, labour and relationship, 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", and last but not least, it provides an important counterpoint to studies based on white middle-class North Americans, which is the focus of much of the earlier research on this subject.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2008-03-01
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieGendering Asia
Antal sidor274
FörlagNIAS Press
ISBN9788776940133

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Dr. Theresa Devasahayam is a research fellow at the University of Wollongong, focusing on gender relations and women's status within and outside the household in relation to wage employment and global changes. Currently, she is researching the role of local and transnational advocacy networks in Singapore and Malaysia. Professor Brenda S.A. Yeoh is Head of the Southeast Asian Studies Programme at the National University of Singapore. Besides writing extensively on many issues, she is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers and edits of the journal Gender, Place & Culture.

Introduction (Theresa W. Devasahayam and Brenda S.A. Yeoh); 1 Postmodern Motherhoods and Cultural Contest in Malaysia and Singapore (Maila Stivens); 2 Contradictions in Maternal Roles in Contemporary Japan (Keiko Hirao); 3 The Career Mother in Matrimonial and Custody Proceedings in Singapore (Debbie Ong); 4 Working and Mothering in Late Vietnamese Socialism (Daniele Belanger and Xavier Oudin); 5 Impact of Maternal Employment on Child Health in North India (Santosh Jatrana); 6 Constructions of Mothering: Female Filipino Overseas Workers (Carolyn I. Sobritchea); 7 Sexy Mothers in Sabah (Anne-Marie Hilsdon); 8 Motherhood Shifts When Chinese Families Relocate (Janet W. Salaff, Arent Greve and Xuan Chen); Index.