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Living with Uncertainty
Setsuko Shibuya
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Description for Living with Uncertainty
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 525.
This book is one of the first ethnographies written on the life of farmers in rural Southern Vietnam since the economic reform in the 1980s. It investigates how social, economic and political factors affect the farmers' life in the Mekong Delta in the late socialist era with a particularly focus on the family, which serves as the basic and most significant social unit for the farmers. Dealing with classical anthropological topics of kinship and family, the book examines them as dynamic institutions. With vivid illustrations of the village life, family farming, education of children, jobs outside of farming and everyday ... Read more
This book is one of the first ethnographies written on the life of farmers in rural Southern Vietnam since the economic reform in the 1980s. It investigates how social, economic and political factors affect the farmers' life in the Mekong Delta in the late socialist era with a particularly focus on the family, which serves as the basic and most significant social unit for the farmers. Dealing with classical anthropological topics of kinship and family, the book examines them as dynamic institutions. With vivid illustrations of the village life, family farming, education of children, jobs outside of farming and everyday ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, Singapore
ISBN
9789814620291
SKU
V9789814620291
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About Setsuko Shibuya
Setsuko Shibuya is Professor of Anthropology at Seisa University and Visiting Researcher at Showa Womens University in Japan.
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