Women And Kinship: Comparative Perspectives On Gender In South And South-east Asia
by Leela Dube /
1997 / English / PDF
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This work sets out to compare the situation of women in South and
South-East Asia and argues that kinship systems provide an
important context in which gender relations are located. It looks
at three types of kinship system found in their various forms in
the two regions of Asia - patrilineal in South Asia and bilateral
in South-East Asia, with a presence of matriliny in both. The
treatment of kinship departs from what has been found, with gender
permeating the examination of chosen themes. The results obtained
suggest that South-East Asian women's degree of autonomy in
economic and social life contrasts with the situation in South Asia
which is characterized by strong patriliny and women's lack of
rights.
This work sets out to compare the situation of women in South and
South-East Asia and argues that kinship systems provide an
important context in which gender relations are located. It looks
at three types of kinship system found in their various forms in
the two regions of Asia - patrilineal in South Asia and bilateral
in South-East Asia, with a presence of matriliny in both. The
treatment of kinship departs from what has been found, with gender
permeating the examination of chosen themes. The results obtained
suggest that South-East Asian women's degree of autonomy in
economic and social life contrasts with the situation in South Asia
which is characterized by strong patriliny and women's lack of
rights.