Research Catalog

Title

"Male" and "female" in developing Southeast Asia / edited by Wazir Jahan Karim.

Publication

Oxford ; Washington, D.C., USA : Berg Publishers, 1995.

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Additional Authors

Wazir-Jahan Begum Karim.

Description

xiv, 267 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

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.

Series Statement

Cross-cultural perspectives on women, 1068-8536 ; vol. 14

Uniform Title

Cross-cultural perspectives on women ; v. 14.

Subject

• Sex role > Southeast Asia
• Gender identity > Southeast Asia
• Women > Southeast Asia > Social conditions
• Feminist anthropology > Southeast Asia
• Women > Southeast Asia > Identity
• Gender studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Prologue: A Woman Looks Back on the Anthropology of Women and Feminist Anthropology / Rosemary Firth -- 1. Introduction: Genderising Anthropology in Southeast Asia / Wazir Jahan Karim -- 2. Bilateralism and Gender in Southeast Asia / Wazir Jahan Karim -- 3. Gender at the Margins of Southeast Asia / Otome Klein-Hutheesing -- 4. Modern Malay Women and the Message of the 'Veil' / Judith Nagata -- 5. Engendering Disquiet: On Kinship and Gender in Bali / Mark Hobart -- 6. Buddhism, Merit Making and Gender: The Competition for Salvation in Laos / Mayoury Ngaosyvathn -- 7. Vietnamese Women and Confucianism: Creating Spaces from Patriarchy / Stephen O'Harrow -- 8. Performance and Gender in Javanese Palace Tradition / Felicia Hughes-Freeland -- 9. Redefining the 'Maybahay' or Housewife: Reflections on the Nature of Women's Work in the Philippines / Jean Frances Illo --
• 10. The Significance of 'Eating': Cooperation, Support, and Reputation in Kelantan Malay Households / Ingrid Rudie -- 11. Rewriting Gender and Development Anthropology in Southeast Asia / Penny Van Esterik.

ISBN

• 0854969055 (cloth)
• 1859730272 (pbk.)

LCCN

94046165

OCLC

• 31710302
• ocm31710302

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries