Research Catalog

Title

Home and kin : families in Asia / Stella R. Quah.

Author

Quah, Stella R.

Publication

Singapore : Eastern Universities Press, 2003.

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Description

x, 245 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"This book offers a comparative analysis of family trends in Asia by focusing on the most important aspects of family and kin, from the process of dating to the impact of economic development on homes and family life, as they are experienced in 10 Asian countries: China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam." "For the interested reader, the wide range of relevant family studies discussed in this book is listed in the bibliography."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Sociology

Uniform Title

Sociology (Eastern Universities Press)

Subject

• Asia > Social conditions
• Families > Asia > Cross-cultural studies

Genre/Form

Cross-cultural studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-239) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Studying Families in Asia -- "I Do", "We Do": Forming and Extending Families -- Parenthood Under Siege? -- Age, Grandparents, and Social Capital -- From "His Family, Her Duty" to "Their Family": The Gender Issue -- Conflict, Divorce and the Family Court -- Home, Kin, and the State in Social Change.

ISBN

9812102140 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2003536001

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library