For Better or for Worse: Marriage and Family in Sarawak, Hew Cheng Sim, ed.
A concern for Sarawak women underlies this book. Sarawak is a Malaysian state in northern Borneo that presents both unusual and usual challenges for women, as the book shows. The first three chapters emphasize the large issues encircling the institution of marriage in Sarawak. including courtship a...
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Moussons
2015
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| Online dostop: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Izvleček: | A concern for Sarawak women underlies this book. Sarawak is a Malaysian state in northern Borneo that presents both unusual and usual challenges for women, as the book shows. The first three chapters emphasize the large issues encircling the institution of marriage in Sarawak. including courtship and divorce. Much attention is paid to cultural and economic factors that impinge on couples, and the effects these factors have on women’s lives.Chapter 4 provides data on the labor force in Sarawa... |
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