SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia articles from October 1998

SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia archives from October 1998

Introduction.(role of family in Southeast Asia during economic revolution after 1970)
October 1, 1998... Since the 1970s, Southeast Asia has undergone tremendous changes largely triggered by economic and social forces. Although differing in their national, regional, and local contexts, these changes have occurred over a period of high economic...

The Family Mode of Production and Its Fungibility in Indonesian Transmigration: The Example of Makarti Jaya, South Sumatra.
October 1, 1998... The analysis of peasant household enterprises and especially the family mode of production form one critical aspect of the study of rural development. The detailed study of households is important for a deeper understanding of the processes of...

The Impact of Labour Migration on the Children Left Behind: A Study of Elementary School Children in the Philippines.
October 1, 1998... Although the family in the migration process has been extensively studied, much less attention has been given to the impact of migration on family members left behind. This paper explores in particular the impact on the children, through a...

Motherhood Redefined: Women's Choices on Family Rituals and Reproduction in the Peripheries of Thailand.
October 1, 1998... This paper considers changes in the family, especially in the ideology of motherhood and reproduction among the Karen minority ethnic group in the periphery of Thailand as seen through family ritual and birth control and women's choices...

Delinquent Daughters' Struggle for Autonomy, Morality, Pleasure ... and Motherhood.(Singapore)
October 1, 1998... This paper attempts to draw together many subjects to investigate configurations in emerging female identities and their interrelations with various aspects of Singapore society and economy. As Singapore women stand at the intersection of a...

Family, Identity, and the Vietnamese Diaspora: The Quebec Experience.(Quebec, Canada)
October 1, 1998... This paper attempts to identify and explain changes in family ethos and practices among the ethnic Vietnamese in Quebec, Canada. Using data drawn from in-depth interviews conducted in 1997 with twenty-one Vietnamese, the analysis focuses on an...

The "Graduate Woman" Phenomenon: Changing Constructions of the Family in Singapore.
October 1, 1998... In recent years the Singapore state, as part of its broader population planning policy, has focused attention on encouraging graduate men and women to marry and have children at a younger age, These policies have been promoted through a series...

The Traffic in Women: Human Realities of the International Sex Trade.(Review)
October 1, 1998... The Traffic in Women: Human Realities of the International Sex Trade. By Siriporn Skrobanek, Nattaya Boonpakdi, and Christina Janthakeero. London and New York: Zed Books, 1997. 124 pp. Despite the increasing awareness of the exploitation of...

Untapped Resources: Women in Ageing Societies Across Asia.(Review)
October 1, 1998... Untapped Resources: Women in Ageing Societies across Asia . Edited by Kalyani Mehta. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1997. 168 pp. This is a pioneering volume that raises two pertinent issues facing societies across Asia -- first, the...