Presents a collection of studies on the experiences of women as they encounter the forces of modernization altering the face of contemporary Borneo. Discusses the pressing issue of urbanization and rural-urban migration as experienced by women in Southeast Asia.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Front Matter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Preface.
The Contributors.
1: Urbanization in Sarawak: A Context.
2: Gender, Wages and Labour Migration.
3: Women and Health.
4: Madness and the Hegemony of Healing: The Legacy of Colonial Psychiatry in Sarawak.
5: Elderly Women's Experiences of Urbanization.
6: Like a Chicken Standing on One Leg Urbanization and Single Mothers.
7: From Highlands to Lowlands: Kelabit Women and Their Migrant Daughters.
