| Description |
xiv, 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Cross-cultural perspectives on women ; v. 14 |
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Cross-cultural perspectives on women ; v. 14
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| Contents |
O'Harrow -- Performance and gender in Javanese palace tradition / F. Hughes-Freeland -- Redefining the M̀aybahay' or housewife: reflections on the nature of women's work in the Philippines / J.F. Illo -- The significance of èating': cooperation, support, and reputation in Kelantan Malay household / I. Rudie -- Rewriting gender and development anthropology in Southeast Asia / P. Van Esterik |
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Prologue: a woman looks back on the anthropology of women and femist anthropolog / R. Firth -- Introduction: genderising anthropology in Southeast Asia / W.J. Karim -- Bilateralism and gender in Southeast Asia / W.J. Karim -- Gender at the margins of Southeast Asia / O. Klein-Hutheesing -- Modern Malay women and the message of the "Veil" / J. Nagata -- Engendering disquiet: On kinship and gender in Bali / M. Hobart -- Buddhism, merit making and gender: The competition for salvation in Laos / M. Ngaosyvathn -- Vietnamese women and Confucianism: creating spaces from patriarchy / S |
| Summary |
This provocative book seeks to redress inaccuracies in Western perceptions of gender relations in Southeast Asia by bringing to the fore the area's ethnic and cultural variance and showing how women and men explain the informal and psychological dimensions of relationships as vital in holding family, neighbourhood and kinship ties together. Although there are differences between male and female perceptions of sex roles in society, women see their situation as disadvantaged rather than less significant. Male-female interpretations of power and status tend to converge usually towards the understanding that the contributions of men and women are equally important in the formation of family and society |
| Analysis |
Gender studies |
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Gender studies |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Southeast Asia.
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Feminist anthropology -- Southeast Asia.
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Gender identity -- Southeast Asia.
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Sex role -- Southeast Asia.
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Women -- Southeast Asia -- Identity
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Women -- Southeast Asia -- Social conditions.
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| Author |
Wazir-Jahan Begum Karim.
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| LC no. |
94046165 |
| ISBN |
0854969055 |
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1859730272 |
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