Asia's new mothers : crafting gender roles and childcare networks in east and southeast Asian societies / / 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...

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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.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / E. Ochiai and B. Molony
  • 1. Researching Gender And Childcare In Contemporary Asia / Emiko Ochiai
  • 2. Gender Roles And Childcare Networks In East And Southeast Asian Societies / Emiko Ochiai , Yamane Mari , Miyasaka Yasuko , Zhou Weihong , Onode Setsuko , Kiwaki Nachiko , Fujita Michiyo and Hong Sang Ook
  • 3. A Comparative Study Of Childcare And Motherhood In South Korea And Japan / Yamane Mari and Hong Sang Ook
  • 4. Korean Women’s Life Courses And Self Perceptions: Isomorphism Of “Family Centeredness” / Park Keong-Suk
  • 5. Housewifization And Changes In Women’s Life Course In Bangkok / Hashimoto (Seki) Hiroko
  • 6. Modern Population Trends, M-Curve Labor-Force Participation And The Family / Kua Wongboonsin Patcharawalai Wongboonsin
  • 7. Foreign Domestic Workers In Singapore / Ueno Kayoko
  • 8. The Birth Of The Housewife In Contemporary Asia: New Mothers In The Era Of Globalization / Emiko Ochiai
  • 9. Afterword / Barbara Molony
  • Bibliography / E. Ochiai and B. Molony
  • Index / E. Ochiai and B. Molony
  • Plates / E. Ochiai and B. Molony.