Introduction: Gender and Family in East Asia, Angela Wai Ching WONG, Maria Siumi TAM, and Danning... more Introduction: Gender and Family in East Asia, Angela Wai Ching WONG, Maria Siumi TAM, and Danning WANG Part I: Marriage and Motherhood 1. Transforming the Gendered Organization of Childcare: Experiences of Three Generations of Rural Mothers in an Inland Chinese Village (1940s-2006), Yuqin HUANG 2. Going Back to Traditional Ethics? The Importance of Marriage for Female College Graduates in Japan from 1995 to 2010, Kiyoko YAMAGUCHI 3. Behind The Family's Common Interest: Battles Between Korean Entrepreneur Couples, Seyoung KANG 4. In the Name of the Father? The Law and Social Norms of Children's Surnames in Taiwan, Yun Hsien Diana LIN Part II: Migration 5. The Implication of Labor Migration for Left-behind Married Miao Women in a Poor Village in Guizhou, Pui Yim Ada LAI 6. Making A Productive Home: How Chinese Immigrant Women "Do Family", Wai Ling WONG 7. Gender, Family, and Work: Examining the Transnational Migration Processes of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada, Guida MAN 8.T ransnational Duties: Marriage and Family Practices among Indian Migrants in Hong Kong, Maria Siumi TAM Part III: Religion and Family 9. Islamic Menhuan System, Patrilineal Family, and Gender Relations of Dongxiang People in Gansu, China, Ke MAN 10. Theorizing Women's Agency: Women's Religious Negotiation with Marginal Families in Chinese Society, Wai Ching Angela WONG 11. Women, Mourning, and the Ritual for the Death of Family, Seongnae KIM 11. Conclusion: Marriages and Families in Asia: Something Old and Something New?, Laurel KENDALL
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Apr 1, 1997
In Hong Kong, yumchu as a pervasive form of eating in the public has become an institution which ... more In Hong Kong, yumchu as a pervasive form of eating in the public has become an institution which epitomises the diversity and inclusiveness that Hong Kong people think are quintessential to the civility and economic achievement of the metropolis. It stands out particularly as a practice that has come to represent both locally and overseas a Hong Kong culture which has previously been characterised as residual of 'Chinese tradition' and 'Western customs', and hence is virtually non-existent. This paper looks at the consumption of metropolitaneity and the culturalisation of the heunggongyan or Hong Kong personal identity in the form, content and social relations involved in yumchu. It points to the significance of yumcha as a key to understanding a collective identity which has become more and more apparent as Hong Kong people vehemently try to establish a city with its own culture, first against the colonial grip and then the return of sovereignty to China in 1997.
Abstract This paper examines the situation of Nepalese women in Hong Kong as members of the small... more Abstract This paper examines the situation of Nepalese women in Hong Kong as members of the smallest ethnic minority in the territory. Tracing the changing social and cultural conditions of three generations of women migrants, it looks at the interface of gender and ethnic minority identity as articulated within the context of transnational mobility and the women's marginalized existence, both within their own community and in mainstream Chinese society. While Nepalese women migrants in Hong Kong have been assigned a passive mother-wife role, they are important building blocks of a transnational network and today, increasingly, as agents of change. These changes are further examined in light of the recently passed Racial Discrimination Ordinance. By juxtaposing how social marginalization is dealt with at the government, family, and individual levels, the study shows that an in-depth and gender-aware understanding of the lived experience of ethnic minorities is the key to the formulation of an efficacious multicultural policy.
Abstract This paper examines the situation of Nepalese women in Hong Kong as members of the small... more Abstract This paper examines the situation of Nepalese women in Hong Kong as members of the smallest ethnic minority in the territory. Tracing the changing social and cultural conditions of three generations of women migrants, it looks at the interface of gender and ethnic minority identity as articulated within the context of transnational mobility and the women's marginalized existence, both within their own community and in mainstream Chinese society. While Nepalese women migrants in Hong Kong have been assigned a passive mother-wife role, they are important building blocks of a transnational network and today, increasingly, as agents of change. These changes are further examined in light of the recently passed Racial Discrimination Ordinance. By juxtaposing how social marginalization is dealt with at the government, family, and individual levels, the study shows that an in-depth and gender-aware understanding of the lived experience of ethnic minorities is the key to the formulation of an efficacious multicultural policy.
Introduction: Gender and Family in East Asia, Angela Wai Ching WONG, Maria Siumi TAM, and Danning... more Introduction: Gender and Family in East Asia, Angela Wai Ching WONG, Maria Siumi TAM, and Danning WANG Part I: Marriage and Motherhood 1. Transforming the Gendered Organization of Childcare: Experiences of Three Generations of Rural Mothers in an Inland Chinese Village (1940s-2006), Yuqin HUANG 2. Going Back to Traditional Ethics? The Importance of Marriage for Female College Graduates in Japan from 1995 to 2010, Kiyoko YAMAGUCHI 3. Behind The Family's Common Interest: Battles Between Korean Entrepreneur Couples, Seyoung KANG 4. In the Name of the Father? The Law and Social Norms of Children's Surnames in Taiwan, Yun Hsien Diana LIN Part II: Migration 5. The Implication of Labor Migration for Left-behind Married Miao Women in a Poor Village in Guizhou, Pui Yim Ada LAI 6. Making A Productive Home: How Chinese Immigrant Women "Do Family", Wai Ling WONG 7. Gender, Family, and Work: Examining the Transnational Migration Processes of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada, Guida MAN 8.T ransnational Duties: Marriage and Family Practices among Indian Migrants in Hong Kong, Maria Siumi TAM Part III: Religion and Family 9. Islamic Menhuan System, Patrilineal Family, and Gender Relations of Dongxiang People in Gansu, China, Ke MAN 10. Theorizing Women's Agency: Women's Religious Negotiation with Marginal Families in Chinese Society, Wai Ching Angela WONG 11. Women, Mourning, and the Ritual for the Death of Family, Seongnae KIM 11. Conclusion: Marriages and Families in Asia: Something Old and Something New?, Laurel KENDALL
In Hong Kong, yumchu as a pervasive form of eating in the public has become an institution which ... more In Hong Kong, yumchu as a pervasive form of eating in the public has become an institution which epitomises the diversity and inclusiveness that Hong Kong people think are quintessential to the civility and economic achievement of the metropolis. It stands out particularly as a practice that has come to represent both locally and overseas a Hong Kong culture which has previously been characterised as residual of 'Chinese tradition' and 'Western customs', and hence is virtually non-existent. This paper looks at the consumption of metropolitaneity and the culturalisation of the heunggongyan or Hong Kong personal identity in the form, content and social relations involved in yumchu. It points to the significance of yumcha as a key to understanding a collective identity which has become more and more apparent as Hong Kong people vehemently try to establish a city with its own culture, first against the colonial grip and then the return of sovereignty to China in 1997.
anthropological conception is much more than a distinct economic form: it is rather ‘a distinctiv... more anthropological conception is much more than a distinct economic form: it is rather ‘a distinctive perspective on the entire human economy’ (144). As with arbitrage, there is an anthropological propensity to apply the idea of the gift widely and to the most unexpected contexts. Yet, again like arbitrage, it is a concept that evaporates. Even Mauss (1990) noted from the outset that the pure gift, in so far as it prompts a return, is impossible. Miyazaki notes wryly that the ‘chief anthropological insight about gifts’ is ‘the impossibility of defining the contours of the gift’ (144). The anthropology of the gift is an exercise in a kind of double-vision too, ‘making the gift appear in the course of its evaporation’ (146). This is a delicate analysis. It is written, as the subtitle admits, at ‘the end of finance’ when—for the traders Miyazaki worked with—their work had been decried as a fraud or itself arbitraged. In a field where so much has already been written in the style of cold inquiry, condemnation or critique, Miyazaki’s analysis convinces, rather, because it stays true to the human in this very human activity. He reminds us of people’s vastness, their capacity for contradiction, self-critique, ambiguity and transformation. Here we find the folly of finance, but also its hope. He concludes, ‘This is perhaps a simple reminder that a commitment to theories and techniques of finance, such as arbitrage, can serve as a source of inspiration for thought and imagination beyond finance and the market narrowly defined’ (146). This is a work in the best tradition of what ethnography can be: close analysis, refinement and the application of concepts already at work in the world as a way of contributing to our understanding of the human condition.
Introduction: Gender and Family in East Asia, Angela Wai Ching WONG, Maria Siumi TAM, and Danning... more Introduction: Gender and Family in East Asia, Angela Wai Ching WONG, Maria Siumi TAM, and Danning WANG Part I: Marriage and Motherhood 1. Transforming the Gendered Organization of Childcare: Experiences of Three Generations of Rural Mothers in an Inland Chinese Village (1940s-2006), Yuqin HUANG 2. Going Back to Traditional Ethics? The Importance of Marriage for Female College Graduates in Japan from 1995 to 2010, Kiyoko YAMAGUCHI 3. Behind The Family's Common Interest: Battles Between Korean Entrepreneur Couples, Seyoung KANG 4. In the Name of the Father? The Law and Social Norms of Children's Surnames in Taiwan, Yun Hsien Diana LIN Part II: Migration 5. The Implication of Labor Migration for Left-behind Married Miao Women in a Poor Village in Guizhou, Pui Yim Ada LAI 6. Making A Productive Home: How Chinese Immigrant Women "Do Family", Wai Ling WONG 7. Gender, Family, and Work: Examining the Transnational Migration Processes of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada, Guida MAN 8.T ransnational Duties: Marriage and Family Practices among Indian Migrants in Hong Kong, Maria Siumi TAM Part III: Religion and Family 9. Islamic Menhuan System, Patrilineal Family, and Gender Relations of Dongxiang People in Gansu, China, Ke MAN 10. Theorizing Women's Agency: Women's Religious Negotiation with Marginal Families in Chinese Society, Wai Ching Angela WONG 11. Women, Mourning, and the Ritual for the Death of Family, Seongnae KIM 11. Conclusion: Marriages and Families in Asia: Something Old and Something New?, Laurel KENDALL
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Apr 1, 1997
In Hong Kong, yumchu as a pervasive form of eating in the public has become an institution which ... more In Hong Kong, yumchu as a pervasive form of eating in the public has become an institution which epitomises the diversity and inclusiveness that Hong Kong people think are quintessential to the civility and economic achievement of the metropolis. It stands out particularly as a practice that has come to represent both locally and overseas a Hong Kong culture which has previously been characterised as residual of 'Chinese tradition' and 'Western customs', and hence is virtually non-existent. This paper looks at the consumption of metropolitaneity and the culturalisation of the heunggongyan or Hong Kong personal identity in the form, content and social relations involved in yumchu. It points to the significance of yumcha as a key to understanding a collective identity which has become more and more apparent as Hong Kong people vehemently try to establish a city with its own culture, first against the colonial grip and then the return of sovereignty to China in 1997.
Abstract This paper examines the situation of Nepalese women in Hong Kong as members of the small... more Abstract This paper examines the situation of Nepalese women in Hong Kong as members of the smallest ethnic minority in the territory. Tracing the changing social and cultural conditions of three generations of women migrants, it looks at the interface of gender and ethnic minority identity as articulated within the context of transnational mobility and the women's marginalized existence, both within their own community and in mainstream Chinese society. While Nepalese women migrants in Hong Kong have been assigned a passive mother-wife role, they are important building blocks of a transnational network and today, increasingly, as agents of change. These changes are further examined in light of the recently passed Racial Discrimination Ordinance. By juxtaposing how social marginalization is dealt with at the government, family, and individual levels, the study shows that an in-depth and gender-aware understanding of the lived experience of ethnic minorities is the key to the formulation of an efficacious multicultural policy.
Abstract This paper examines the situation of Nepalese women in Hong Kong as members of the small... more Abstract This paper examines the situation of Nepalese women in Hong Kong as members of the smallest ethnic minority in the territory. Tracing the changing social and cultural conditions of three generations of women migrants, it looks at the interface of gender and ethnic minority identity as articulated within the context of transnational mobility and the women's marginalized existence, both within their own community and in mainstream Chinese society. While Nepalese women migrants in Hong Kong have been assigned a passive mother-wife role, they are important building blocks of a transnational network and today, increasingly, as agents of change. These changes are further examined in light of the recently passed Racial Discrimination Ordinance. By juxtaposing how social marginalization is dealt with at the government, family, and individual levels, the study shows that an in-depth and gender-aware understanding of the lived experience of ethnic minorities is the key to the formulation of an efficacious multicultural policy.
Introduction: Gender and Family in East Asia, Angela Wai Ching WONG, Maria Siumi TAM, and Danning... more Introduction: Gender and Family in East Asia, Angela Wai Ching WONG, Maria Siumi TAM, and Danning WANG Part I: Marriage and Motherhood 1. Transforming the Gendered Organization of Childcare: Experiences of Three Generations of Rural Mothers in an Inland Chinese Village (1940s-2006), Yuqin HUANG 2. Going Back to Traditional Ethics? The Importance of Marriage for Female College Graduates in Japan from 1995 to 2010, Kiyoko YAMAGUCHI 3. Behind The Family's Common Interest: Battles Between Korean Entrepreneur Couples, Seyoung KANG 4. In the Name of the Father? The Law and Social Norms of Children's Surnames in Taiwan, Yun Hsien Diana LIN Part II: Migration 5. The Implication of Labor Migration for Left-behind Married Miao Women in a Poor Village in Guizhou, Pui Yim Ada LAI 6. Making A Productive Home: How Chinese Immigrant Women "Do Family", Wai Ling WONG 7. Gender, Family, and Work: Examining the Transnational Migration Processes of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada, Guida MAN 8.T ransnational Duties: Marriage and Family Practices among Indian Migrants in Hong Kong, Maria Siumi TAM Part III: Religion and Family 9. Islamic Menhuan System, Patrilineal Family, and Gender Relations of Dongxiang People in Gansu, China, Ke MAN 10. Theorizing Women's Agency: Women's Religious Negotiation with Marginal Families in Chinese Society, Wai Ching Angela WONG 11. Women, Mourning, and the Ritual for the Death of Family, Seongnae KIM 11. Conclusion: Marriages and Families in Asia: Something Old and Something New?, Laurel KENDALL
In Hong Kong, yumchu as a pervasive form of eating in the public has become an institution which ... more In Hong Kong, yumchu as a pervasive form of eating in the public has become an institution which epitomises the diversity and inclusiveness that Hong Kong people think are quintessential to the civility and economic achievement of the metropolis. It stands out particularly as a practice that has come to represent both locally and overseas a Hong Kong culture which has previously been characterised as residual of 'Chinese tradition' and 'Western customs', and hence is virtually non-existent. This paper looks at the consumption of metropolitaneity and the culturalisation of the heunggongyan or Hong Kong personal identity in the form, content and social relations involved in yumchu. It points to the significance of yumcha as a key to understanding a collective identity which has become more and more apparent as Hong Kong people vehemently try to establish a city with its own culture, first against the colonial grip and then the return of sovereignty to China in 1997.
anthropological conception is much more than a distinct economic form: it is rather ‘a distinctiv... more anthropological conception is much more than a distinct economic form: it is rather ‘a distinctive perspective on the entire human economy’ (144). As with arbitrage, there is an anthropological propensity to apply the idea of the gift widely and to the most unexpected contexts. Yet, again like arbitrage, it is a concept that evaporates. Even Mauss (1990) noted from the outset that the pure gift, in so far as it prompts a return, is impossible. Miyazaki notes wryly that the ‘chief anthropological insight about gifts’ is ‘the impossibility of defining the contours of the gift’ (144). The anthropology of the gift is an exercise in a kind of double-vision too, ‘making the gift appear in the course of its evaporation’ (146). This is a delicate analysis. It is written, as the subtitle admits, at ‘the end of finance’ when—for the traders Miyazaki worked with—their work had been decried as a fraud or itself arbitraged. In a field where so much has already been written in the style of cold inquiry, condemnation or critique, Miyazaki’s analysis convinces, rather, because it stays true to the human in this very human activity. He reminds us of people’s vastness, their capacity for contradiction, self-critique, ambiguity and transformation. Here we find the folly of finance, but also its hope. He concludes, ‘This is perhaps a simple reminder that a commitment to theories and techniques of finance, such as arbitrage, can serve as a source of inspiration for thought and imagination beyond finance and the market narrowly defined’ (146). This is a work in the best tradition of what ethnography can be: close analysis, refinement and the application of concepts already at work in the world as a way of contributing to our understanding of the human condition.
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