Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-203) and index.

Preliminary Material / E. Ochiai and B. Molony -- 1. Researching Gender And Childcare In Contemporary Asia / Emiko Ochiai -- 2. Gender Roles And Childcare Networks In East And Southeast Asian Societies / Emiko Ochiai , Yamane Mari , Miyasaka Yasuko , Zhou Weihong , Onode Setsuko , Kiwaki Nachiko , Fujita Michiyo and Hong Sang Ook -- 3. A Comparative Study Of Childcare And Motherhood In South Korea And Japan / Yamane Mari and Hong Sang Ook -- 4. Korean Women’s Life Courses And Self Perceptions: Isomorphism Of “Family Centeredness” / Park Keong-Suk -- 5. Housewifization And Changes In Women’s Life Course In Bangkok / Hashimoto (Seki) Hiroko -- 6. Modern Population Trends, M-Curve Labor-Force Participation And The Family / Kua Wongboonsin Patcharawalai Wongboonsin -- 7. Foreign Domestic Workers In Singapore / Ueno Kayoko -- 8. The Birth Of The Housewife In Contemporary Asia: New Mothers In The Era Of Globalization / Emiko Ochiai -- 9. Afterword / Barbara Molony -- Bibliography / E. Ochiai and B. Molony -- Index / E. Ochiai and B. Molony -- Plates / E. Ochiai and B. Molony.

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Asia’s New Mothers , through a focus on childcare, offers a comparative regional analysis unique in English-language sources of changing gender roles in East and Southeast Asia. Taking into consideration the historical and cultural differences and similarities among the societies in the region, the authors employ indepth researches of people’s everyday experiences. The research was conducted between 2001 and 2003 in six societies in East and Southeast Asia – Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore. While each makes its own unique contributions, most of the essays are informed by two theoretical focal points: modernization and gender and globalization and gender.