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

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Other Authors: Wazir-Jahan Begum Karim
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Washington, D.C., USA : Berg Publishers, 1995.
Series:Cross-cultural perspectives on women ; v. 14.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: a woman looks back on the anthropology of women and feminist anthropology / R. Firth
  • Introduction: genderising anthropology in Southeast Asia / W.J. Karim
  • Bilateralism and gender in Southeast Asia / W.J. Karim
  • Gender at the margins of Southeast Asia / O. Klein-Hutheesing
  • Modern Malay women and message of the "Veil" / J. Nagata
  • Engendering disquiet: On kinship and gender in Bali / M. Hobart
  • Buddhism, merit making and gender: The competition for salvation in Laos / M. Ngaosyvathn
  • Vietnamese women and Confucianism: creating spaces from patriarchy / S. O'Harrow
  • Performance and gender in Javanese palace tradition / F. Hughes-Freeland
  • Redefining the ̀Maybahay' or housewife: reflections on the nature of women's work in the Philippines / J.F. Illo
  • The significance of èating': cooperation, support, and reputation in Kelantan Malay household
  • Rewriting gender and development anthropology in Southeast Asia / P. Van Esterik.