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Khmer Women on the Move : Exploring Work and Life in Urban Cambodia / Annuska Derks.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory ; 47Publisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) : 10 illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780824831288
  • 9780824863234
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.242/209173209596
LOC classification:
  • HQ1750.3 .D47 2008
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- contents -- acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Rice People in the City -- 3. Women, Ideals, and Migration -- 4. Factory Work -- 5. Sex Work -- 6. Street Trade -- 7. City Life and Modern Experience -- 8. Dutiful Daughters, Broken Women -- 9. Conclusion: Moving Women, Moving Selves -- Appendix -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author
Summary: "This is a fascinating ethnography about young Khmer women moving to the city to work in the garment factories, in prostitution, and as street sellers. The author makes good use of new theoretical approaches in anthropology that focus on negotiation and creativity in situations of rapid change. The result is not only a welcome new book on post-war Cambodia but an important addition to the literature on women, migration, and labor in Southeast Asia and the world." -Judy Ledgerwood, Northern Illinois UniversityKhmer Women on the Move offers a fascinating ethnography of young Cambodian women who move from the countryside to work in Cambodia's capital city, Phnom Penh. Female migration and urban employment are rising, triggered by Cambodia's transition from a closed socialist system to an open market economy. This book challenges the dominant views of these young rural women-that they are controlled by global economic forces and national development policies or trapped by restrictive customs and Cambodia's tragic history. The author shows instead how these women shape and influence the processes of change taking place in present-day Cambodia. Based on field research among women working in the garment industry, prostitution, and street trading, the book explores the complex interplay between their experiences and actions, gender roles, and the broader historical context. The focus on women involved in different kinds of work allows new insight into women's mobility, highlighting similarities and differences in working conditions and experiences. Young women's ability to utilize networks of increasing size and complexity allows them to move into and between geographic and social spaces that extend far beyond the village context. Women's mobility is further expressed in the flexible patterns of behavior that young rural women display when trying to fulfill their own "modern" aspirations along with their family obligations and cultural ideals.
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Frontmatter -- contents -- acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Rice People in the City -- 3. Women, Ideals, and Migration -- 4. Factory Work -- 5. Sex Work -- 6. Street Trade -- 7. City Life and Modern Experience -- 8. Dutiful Daughters, Broken Women -- 9. Conclusion: Moving Women, Moving Selves -- Appendix -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author

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"This is a fascinating ethnography about young Khmer women moving to the city to work in the garment factories, in prostitution, and as street sellers. The author makes good use of new theoretical approaches in anthropology that focus on negotiation and creativity in situations of rapid change. The result is not only a welcome new book on post-war Cambodia but an important addition to the literature on women, migration, and labor in Southeast Asia and the world." -Judy Ledgerwood, Northern Illinois UniversityKhmer Women on the Move offers a fascinating ethnography of young Cambodian women who move from the countryside to work in Cambodia's capital city, Phnom Penh. Female migration and urban employment are rising, triggered by Cambodia's transition from a closed socialist system to an open market economy. This book challenges the dominant views of these young rural women-that they are controlled by global economic forces and national development policies or trapped by restrictive customs and Cambodia's tragic history. The author shows instead how these women shape and influence the processes of change taking place in present-day Cambodia. Based on field research among women working in the garment industry, prostitution, and street trading, the book explores the complex interplay between their experiences and actions, gender roles, and the broader historical context. The focus on women involved in different kinds of work allows new insight into women's mobility, highlighting similarities and differences in working conditions and experiences. Young women's ability to utilize networks of increasing size and complexity allows them to move into and between geographic and social spaces that extend far beyond the village context. Women's mobility is further expressed in the flexible patterns of behavior that young rural women display when trying to fulfill their own "modern" aspirations along with their family obligations and cultural ideals.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)