Asia's New Mothers
Subtitle: Crafting Gender Roles and Childcare Networks in East and Southeast Asian Societies
Contributors: Emiko Ochiai (Editor); Barbara Molony (Editor)
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press; Global Oriental
Published: April 30, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781905246373
Subjects: Women's studies; Social Science; Sociology; East Asia, Far East; South East Asia; Asia - Southeast Asia; Gender Studies; Child care; East Asia; Sex role; Southeast Asia
Description: "Asia's New Mothers, through a focus on childcare, offers a comparative regional analysis, unique in English-language sources, of changing gender roles in East and Southeast Asia." "Taking into consideration the historical and cultural differences and similarities among the societies in the region, the authors employ in-depth researches of people's everyday experiences. The research was conducted between 2001 and 2003 in six societies in East and Southeast Asia - Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore. While each makes its own unique contributions, most of the essays are informed by two theoretical focal points: modernization and gender, and globalization and gender."--BOOK JACKET.