Village Mothers, City Daughters : Women and Urbanization in Sarawak /

Presents a collection of studies on the experiences of women as they encounter the forces of modernization altering the face of contemporary Borneo. Discusses the pressing issue of urbanization and rural-urban migration as experienced by women in Southeast Asia.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Hew, Cheng Sim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women > Social conditions.
Women > Employment.
Urbanization > Social aspects.
Rural-urban migration > Social aspects.
Exode rural > Aspect social > Malaisie > Sarawak.
Urbanisation > Aspect social > Malaisie > Sarawak.
Femmes > Malaisie > Sarawak > Conditions sociales.
Rural-urban migration > Social aspects > Malaysia > Sarawak.
Urbanization > Social aspects > Malaysia > Sarawak.
Women > Employment > Malaysia > Sarawak.
Women > Malaysia > Sarawak > Social conditions.
Malaysia > Sarawak.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Urbanization in Sarawak: a context / Hew Cheng Sim
  • Gender, wages and labour migration / Goy Siew Ching, Low Kuek Long
  • Women and health / Adela Baer
  • Madness and the hegemony of healing: the legacy of colonial psychiatry in Sarawak / Sara Ashencaen Crabtree
  • Elderly women's experiences of urbanization / Ling How Kee
  • Like a chicken standing on one leg: urbanization and single mothers / Hew Cheng Sim
  • From highlands to lowlands: Kelabit women and their migrant daughters / Poline Bala
  • Conclusion / Hew Cheng Sim.

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