Literature Review on Anthropology of Gender in Southeast Asia and its implication on Gender study in Vietnam.
Introduction
This essay reviewed the key literature regarding Southeast Asia gender studies in anthropology and Vietnamese gender studies. The Southeast Asia gender studies in anthropology mainly focus on the ambivalent role of gender in societies and the conflicting ideological representations and practical representations of gender. Moreover, the influence of economic transform in Southeast Asia on the role of gender has attracted many attentions from scholars. This essay also examined the Vietnamese gender studies. I argue that, the study of gender in Vietnam has been marginalized in anthropology, as well as the Southeast Asia study of gender.
The literature review on gender in Southeast Asia
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Southeast Asia has long been identified as an area where women enjoy high status. This is mainly because that women in many Southeast Asia societies inherit wealth and noble titles …show more content…
Both Ngueyn-vo (2004), Tran (2004; 2003) and Thomas (2004) took interests in the Vietnamese garment production; specifically garment workers. Ngueyen-vo’s research emphasized the discrepancy between the young garment workers’ consumption of relatively expensive products, and their status or putative class position; noting that their narratives of class and consumption also acknowledge and seek to reconcile these particular gaps. While Tran’s work investigates the ways in which gender roles are reproduced in the workplace, it reflects the understanding of gender character which Rydstrom highlights. Thomas’ work focuses on the overseas garment workers, such as the Vietnamese garment workers in Australia, who are distanced from mainstream Australian society, through the expectations of feminine characteristics and the gender division of
Introduction
This essay reviewed the key literature regarding Southeast Asia gender studies in anthropology and Vietnamese gender studies. The Southeast Asia gender studies in anthropology mainly focus on the ambivalent role of gender in societies and the conflicting ideological representations and practical representations of gender. Moreover, the influence of economic transform in Southeast Asia on the role of gender has attracted many attentions from scholars. This essay also examined the Vietnamese gender studies. I argue that, the study of gender in Vietnam has been marginalized in anthropology, as well as the Southeast Asia study of gender.
The literature review on gender in Southeast Asia
Top of Form
Southeast Asia has long been identified as an area where women enjoy high status. This is mainly because that women in many Southeast Asia societies inherit wealth and noble titles …show more content…
Both Ngueyn-vo (2004), Tran (2004; 2003) and Thomas (2004) took interests in the Vietnamese garment production; specifically garment workers. Ngueyen-vo’s research emphasized the discrepancy between the young garment workers’ consumption of relatively expensive products, and their status or putative class position; noting that their narratives of class and consumption also acknowledge and seek to reconcile these particular gaps. While Tran’s work investigates the ways in which gender roles are reproduced in the workplace, it reflects the understanding of gender character which Rydstrom highlights. Thomas’ work focuses on the overseas garment workers, such as the Vietnamese garment workers in Australia, who are distanced from mainstream Australian society, through the expectations of feminine characteristics and the gender division of