Working and Mothering in Asia: Images, Idiologies and Identities - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9971693488 ISBN 13 : 9789971693480

Editeur : NUS Press, 2007

Synopsis

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/cultural 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 characterized by different cultures, societies, ethnic, religious and class groupings. Although the essays in this book are written on the basis of a variety of academic disciplines - anthropology, sociology, gender studies, demography and law - the essays reveal recurrent themes on patriarchy, labor 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"". The book also provides an important counterpoint to studies based on the experience of white middle-class North Americans, the focus of much of the previous research relating to this subject.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The male bread-winner was once the dominant role model in middle- and upper-class families worldwide. Increasingly, however, rising costs of living plus the desire to work have drawn women into wage employment. This is especially so among those with higher education and keen to build careers for themselves. The experiences of women in different parts of Asia are no exception. Although many of them now work, this has not taken them away from their role as mothers nor lessened their familial responsibilities. The essays in this book examine how larger structural, economic, historical and social/cultural forces impact on Asian women in their everyday life as mothers and workers.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: NUS Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9971693488
• ISBN 13: 9789971693480
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 260
• Éditeur: Yeoh Brenda S.A., Devasahayam Theresa W.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible