Gender, Household, State: Doi Moi in Viet Nam

by Jayne Werner (Editor), Danièle Bélanger (Editor)

Overview

A collection of essays addressing the state of women's lives in Viet Nam during doi moi, the period of economic market reforms that characterized the nation in the 1990s. These fascinating and varied essays illuminate women's daily lives as they are shaped by culture, economics, and traditional ideals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501719455
Publisher:	Southeast Asia Program Publications
Publication date:	05/31/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	151
File size:	11 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

Editorial Reviews

B<'e>langer (sociology and demography, U. of Western Ontario, Canada) and Werner (political science and Asian studies, Long Island U., US) present six articles that explore women's daily lives during , an era of reforms initiated in 1986. The articles come to differing conclusions about the effect of on women's lives, but the role of the state and the politics of reform are presented throughout as gendered projects. Topics include gender expectations of Vietnamese garment workers, premarital sex in urban northern Vietnam, medicine and government intervention in prostitution, and the experience of the unmarried female in the rural north. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, including gender studies, political science, sociology, demography, and anthropology, these essays illuminate critical aspects of contemporary life. Together they create a richly textured reading of post-socialist times. Moreover, the inclusion of oral histories lets readers glimpse how ordinary Vietnamese interpret their own lives.

Journal of Asian History

This is an exciting and thought-provoking collection of essays that often ask as many questions as they answer. Thoroughly researched and well-written.

Asian Affairs

This book will edify scholars of Viet Nam and gender but also those interested in unraveling the impact of state developmental policies on the microlevel of the individual and the household.

Journal of Asian Studies

Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, including gender studies, political science, sociology, demography, and anthropology, these essays illuminate critical aspects of contemporary life. Together they create a richly textured reading of post-socialist times. Moreover, the inclusion of oral histories lets readers glimpse how ordinary Vietnamese interpret their own lives.

-- "Journal of Asian History"

This book will edify scholars of Viet Nam and gender but also those interested in unraveling the impact of state developmental policies on the microlevel of the individual and the household.

-- "Journal of Asian Studies"

This is an exciting and thought-provoking collection of essays that often ask as many questions as they answer. Thoroughly researched and well-written.

-- "Asian Affairs"

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