Weaving women's spheres in Vietnam : the agency of women in family, religion and community

Kato, Atsufumi, 1975- (editor.). Luong, Hy V. Gender relations in Vietnam. Container of (work) (Added Author).

Summary: "Offers an in-depth study of the status of women in Vietnamese society through an examination of their roles in the context of family, religious and local community life from anthropological, historical and sociological perspectives. Unlike previous works on gender issues relating to Vietnam which focus on women as passive subjects and are restricted to specific spheres such as family, this book, through a series of case studies and life stories, not only examines the suppressive gender structure of the Vietnamese family, but also demonstrates Vietnamese women's agency in appropriating that structure and creating alternative spheres for women which they have interwoven in between the dominant realms of public and private spheres in the areas of family, religious practice, community organizations, and politics, including their participation in the (re)construction of national identity"--

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ISBN: 9789004293502
ISBN: 9004293507
ISBN: 9789004293502
ISBN: 9004251731
ISBN: 9789004251731
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
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Publisher: Leiden : Brill, [2016]

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General Note:	Multi-User. CatMonthString:february.18
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Gender relations in Vietnam : ideologies, kinship practices, and political economy / Hy V. Luong -- Rethinking Vietnamese women's property rights and the role of ancestor worship in premodern society : beyond the dichotomies of equality versus nonequality and bilateral versus nonbilateral / Miyazawa Chihiro -- Divorce prevalence under the forces of individualism and collectivism in "shortcut" modernity in Vietnam / Tran Thi Minh Thi -- Negotiating with multilayered "public" norms : female university students' struggle to survive the doi moi period / Ito Miho -- The limit of chia sẻ (compassion) : interpretative conflicts in the collectivity of the Vietnamese Women's Union / Kato Atsufumi -- Living in intimacy : a case study of women's community at a Caodaist temple in Hanoi / Ito Mariko -- Imperious mandarins and cunning princesses : mediumship, gender, and identity in urban Vietnam / Kirsten W. Endres -- The Blessed Virgin Mary wears ao dai : Marianism in the transnational public sphere between Vietnamese Catholics in the United States and Vietnam / Thien-Huong T. Ninh.
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