Growing up female in multi-ethnic Malaysia
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Bibliographic Information
Growing up female in multi-ethnic Malaysia
(ASAA women in Asia series / editor, Louise Edwards)
Routledge, 2017, c2014
- : pbk
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"First issued in paperback 2017"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-207) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides a rich, detailed analysis of the experiences of young women growing up in post-colonial, rapidly modernizing Malaysia. It considers the impact of ethnicity, socio-economic status, and school experiences and achievement. It discusses the effects of Malaysia's ethnic affirmative action programmes and of the country's Islamisation. It sets out and compares the life trajectories of Malay, Indian and Chinese young women, making use of interview and questionnaire data gathered over a long period. It thereby depicts individuals' transformations as they experience maturing into adulthood against a background of social and economic changes, and varying levels of inter-racial tension.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Ethnicities in Postcolonial Malaysia 2. Education in the 21st Century 3. Young Women in Multiethnic Malaysia 4. Parkview Girls High School 5. Academically High-achieving Girls 6. Academically Low Achieving Girls 7. Post-school Education and Training 8. Becoming Workers: Occupational Destinations 9. Becoming Women: Marriage, Sexuality and Gender Relations
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