Women workers, migration and family in Sarawak

Hew Cheng Sim

Based on research among the women of the Bidayuh people in Sarawak, all of them first generation migrant wage workers, this book explores the changes in women's lifestyles from traditional rural lifestyles to modern urban ones

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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	Hew, Cheng Sim
Publisher:	London : RoutledgeCurzon
Subject:	Weibliche Arbeitskräfte \| Women workers \| Arbeitsmigranten \| Migrant workers \| Familie-Beruf \| Work-life balance
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (xii, 176 p) ill., map 25 cm
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-171) and index Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Introduction; A methodological discussion; Doing fieldwork at home; The socio-economic context of change; To market, to market: rural urban migration and becoming modern; Overqualified and underpaid: wage work in the personal services sector; Sex and salaries: single women migrants in the city; Marriage, money and men: working mothers and their households; The hand that rocks the cradle leaves wage work: Bidayuh housewives; Holding their own: four women and their stories; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	0-7007-1744-7 ; 978-0-7007-1744-6
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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