Asia's new mothers : crafting gender roles and childcare networks in east and southeast Asian societies / / edited by Emiko Ochiai and Barbara Molony.

• Author: Ochiai Molony Staff
• TeilnehmendeR: Ochiai, Emiko, 1958-; Molony, Barbara.
• Place / Publishing House: Folkestone [England] : : Global Oriental,, 2008.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill eBook titles 2010.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; 1. Researching Gender And Childcare In Contemporary Asia /; 2. Gender Roles And Childcare Networks In East And Southeast Asian Societies /; 3. A Comparative Study Of Childcare And Motherhood In South Korea And Japan /; 4. Korean Women’s Life Courses And Self Perceptions: Isomorphism Of “Family Centeredness” /; 5. Housewifization And Changes In Women’s Life Course In Bangkok /; 6. Modern Population Trends, M-Curve Labor-Force Participation And The Family /; 7. Foreign Domestic Workers In Singapore /; 8. The Birth Of The Housewife In Contemporary Asia: New Mothers In The Era Of Globalization /; 9. Afterword /; Bibliography /; Index /; Plates /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1281906484; 9786611906481; 9004213147
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Emiko Ochiai and Barbara Molony.

Asia’s New Mothers , through a focus on childcare, offers a comparative regional analysis unique in English-language sources of changing gender roles in East and Southeast Asia. Taking into consideration the historical and cultural differences and similarities among the societies in the region, the authors employ indepth researches of people’s everyday experiences. The research was conducted between 2001 and 2003 in six societies in East and Southeast Asia – Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore. While each makes its own unique contributions, most of the essays are informed by two theoretical focal points: modernization and gender and globalization and gender.