Weaving Women's Spheres in Vietnam examines the changing status of womanhood in 'traditio... more Weaving Women's Spheres in Vietnam examines the changing status of womanhood in 'traditional', transitional and contemporary Vietnam from anthropological, historical, and sociological perspectives, focusing particularly on women's active agency in negotiating their own roles in family, religion and community.
In Vietnam, as rural-urban migration increases (Luong 2009; Luong ed. 2009), many elderly people ... more In Vietnam, as rural-urban migration increases (Luong 2009; Luong ed. 2009), many elderly people are “left behind” (Giang and Pfau 2007a) or even choose to live alone in their home villages. As the number of elderly people living apart from their children increases, many kinds of living arrangements for the elderly have grown, which also require appropriate narratives. As Hy V Luong argues, narratives on migration by migrants and migrant-receiving areas are usually based on a shared model and moral framework of filial children and caring parents, which are embedded within migration decisions and negotiation among family members (2012, 109–110). To understand these elderly people’s living arrangements and their narratives, this chapter analyzes the Vietnamese elderly’s self-representation as caregivers, the identity they use to justify their living arrangements. Their position as caregivers encompasses not only their roles in caring for family members but also to their broader concer...
Kirsten W. Endres (Head of research group, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology) Ito, Mar... more Kirsten W. Endres (Head of research group, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology) Ito, Mariko (Visiting researcher, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan) Kato, Atsufumi (Assistant professor, University of Tokyo) Hy V. Luong (Professor, University of Toronto) Thien-Huong Ninh (Doctoral candidate, University of Southern California) Tran, Thi Minh Thi (Researcher, Institute of Sociology, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences)
Weaving Women's Spheres in Vietnam examines the changing status of womanhood in 'traditio... more Weaving Women's Spheres in Vietnam examines the changing status of womanhood in 'traditional', transitional and contemporary Vietnam from anthropological, historical, and sociological perspectives, focusing particularly on women's active agency in negotiating their own roles in family, religion and community.
Weaving Women's Spheres in Vietnam examines the changing status of womanhood in 'traditio... more Weaving Women's Spheres in Vietnam examines the changing status of womanhood in 'traditional', transitional and contemporary Vietnam from anthropological, historical, and sociological perspectives, focusing particularly on women's active agency in negotiating their own roles in family, religion and community.
In Vietnam, as rural-urban migration increases (Luong 2009; Luong ed. 2009), many elderly people ... more In Vietnam, as rural-urban migration increases (Luong 2009; Luong ed. 2009), many elderly people are “left behind” (Giang and Pfau 2007a) or even choose to live alone in their home villages. As the number of elderly people living apart from their children increases, many kinds of living arrangements for the elderly have grown, which also require appropriate narratives. As Hy V Luong argues, narratives on migration by migrants and migrant-receiving areas are usually based on a shared model and moral framework of filial children and caring parents, which are embedded within migration decisions and negotiation among family members (2012, 109–110). To understand these elderly people’s living arrangements and their narratives, this chapter analyzes the Vietnamese elderly’s self-representation as caregivers, the identity they use to justify their living arrangements. Their position as caregivers encompasses not only their roles in caring for family members but also to their broader concer...
Kirsten W. Endres (Head of research group, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology) Ito, Mar... more Kirsten W. Endres (Head of research group, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology) Ito, Mariko (Visiting researcher, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan) Kato, Atsufumi (Assistant professor, University of Tokyo) Hy V. Luong (Professor, University of Toronto) Thien-Huong Ninh (Doctoral candidate, University of Southern California) Tran, Thi Minh Thi (Researcher, Institute of Sociology, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences)
Weaving Women's Spheres in Vietnam examines the changing status of womanhood in 'traditio... more Weaving Women's Spheres in Vietnam examines the changing status of womanhood in 'traditional', transitional and contemporary Vietnam from anthropological, historical, and sociological perspectives, focusing particularly on women's active agency in negotiating their own roles in family, religion and community.
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