Table of Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; List of Plates; 1. Researching Gender and Childcare in Contemporary Asia; 2. Gender Roles and Childcare Networks in East and Southeast Asian Societies; 3. A Comparative Study of Childcare and Motherhood in South Korea and Japan; 4. Korean Women's Life Courses and Self Perceptions: Isomorphism of "Family Centeredness"; 5. Housewifization and Changes in Women's Life Course in Bangkok; 6. Modern Population Trends, M-Curve Labor-Force Participation and the Family; 7. Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore
Summary
Through a focus on childcare, this offers a comparative regional analysis unique in English-language sources of changing gender roles in Asia. Taking into consideration the historical and cultural differences and similarities among the societies in the region, the authors employ indepth researches of people's everyday experiences
