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Gender and Ageing: Southeast Asian Perspectives

by W. Theresa Devasahayam
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9789814517973
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
  • Publisher Imprint: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 372
  • Original Price: GBP 25.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 495 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Women's Studies and Feminism & Feminist Theory

This book examines common themes related to gender and ageing in countries in Southeast Asia. Derived from quantitative or qualitative methods of data collection and analysis, the chapters reveal how ageing has become tempered by globalization, cultural values, family structures, women's emancipation and empowerment, social networks, government policies, and religion. The chapters are concerned primarily with the following questions related to gender and ageing: (a) how do women and men experience old age? (b) do women and men have different means of coping financially and socially in their old age? (c) does having engaged in wage work for longer periods of time serve as an advantage to older men in contrast to older women? (d) does a woman's primary role as caregiver serve to disadvantage her in old age? (e) what kinds of identities have older women and men constructed for themselves? (f) do women and men prepare for ageing differently and has this preparation been mediated by educational levels? (g) does having a higher level of education make a difference to how one experiences ageing? (h) how does class shape the way women and men cope in old age? and (i) what does it mean to be a 'single' older person who has either lost a spouse through death or has never been married? Because the book employs a cross-country analysis, readers gain an understanding of contemporary emergent trends not only in each of the countries but also in Southeast Asia as a whole.

Devasahayam, W. Theresa: - Theresa W. Devasahayam is Fellow and Researcher-in-charge, Gender Studies, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore

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