Title Village mothers, city daughters : women and urbanization in Sarawak / edited by Hew Cheng Sim

Published Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 150 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Original: x, 150 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed May 23, 2014) Subject Women -- Malaysia -- Sarawak -- Social conditions Women -- Employment -- Malaysia -- Sarawak Urbanization -- Social aspects -- Malaysia -- Sarawak Rural-urban migration -- Social aspects -- Malaysia -- Sarawak Rural-urban migration -- Social aspects. Urbanization -- Social aspects. Women -- Employment. Women -- Social conditions. Malaysia -- Sarawak. Form Electronic book Author Hew, Cheng Sim ISBN 9789812305725 9812305726 9789812304162 9812304169 9789812304155 9812304150

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