"Male" and "female" in developing Southeast Asia
By: edited by Wazir Jahan Karim.
Contributors: Wazir-Jahan Begum Karim.
Series: Cross-cultural perspectives on women,; vol. 14; Cross-cultural perspectives on women ;; v. 14.
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Oxford; Washington, D.C., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Sex role -- Southeast Asia.; Gender identity -- Southeast Asia.; Women -- Southeast Asia -- Social conditions.; Feminist anthropology -- Southeast Asia.; Women -- Southeast Asia -- Identity.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.