新加坡华人妇女社会、家庭地位的变迁

新加坡华人妇女地位的变迁是一个值得研究的问题,因为它涉及到传统社会的妇女向移民社会的妇女、以及向现代工业化社会的妇女演进的问题;同时,也是研究新加坡华人社会发展变化的一个不可忽略的重要方面。可以说,新加坡华人妇女从昔日被贩卖来的“猪花”①、“妹仔”②成长为今日享有较高地位的现代女性,其间是有着复杂的社会原因和历史背景,并由此而构成其自身的发展过程的。本文拟就新加坡华人妇女社会、家庭地位的变迁做一初步探讨,作为研究新加坡华人妇女问题的第一步。一移民新加坡的早期华人妇女（一）“猪花”──早期华人妇女…     

《性别与移民社会:新马华人妇女研究(1929—1941)》(增订版)出版

<正>由中山大学国际关系学院和东南亚研究所范若兰教授所著的《性别与移民社会:新马华人妇女研究(1929—1941)》(增订版)一书,于2018年12月由暨南大学出版社出版。本书是在中国华侨历史学会文库之二《移民、性别与华人社会:马来亚华人妇女研究》(1929—1941年)的基础上修订而成,在保持原书基本框架和观点的基础上,作者补充了新马华人妇女的资料,改正谬误,修改了     

华侨华人在祖籍地的作用方式研究--对融籍华侨华人创新"作用方式"的实证分析

海外华侨华人在祖籍地的作用方式问题,是华侨华人祖籍地作用理论研究中的重要微观组成部分.然而,对这一问题的研究在理论界尚不多见.本文通过对研究起点的界定,运用经济学、社会学研究方法对融籍华侨华人祖籍地作用方式创新过程进行实证分析,运用数学等方法对该研究的现实、理论意义予以论证,该研究的对华侨华人在祖籍地作用方式的客观性及研究意义进行了较全面的考察.本文认为,"华侨华人祖籍地作用方式"是一个具有基础性、创新性和前瞻性的研究课题,对其展开研讨,在实践和理论上,均不失独特意义.     

海外华人妇女参政刍议

二战以来，海外华人作为少数民族为所在国的政治、经济、社会的发展作出了重要贡献。其中华人妇女同样发挥着不可替代的作用。近一二十年来，随着华人妇女地位的不断提高，一批优秀的华人妇女在各国政界脱颖而出，成为华人参政的佼佼者。本文拟对近年来华人妇女参政的情况...     

战后西马华人妇女劳动力就业结构分析(1947—1980)

战后西马华人妇女劳动力就业结构分析（１９４７—１９８０）范若兰战后马来西亚华人人口和劳动力一直持续增长,其中华人妇女劳动力亦稳步增加。在马来西亚飞速发展的经济刺激下,华人妇女象其他种族妇女一样,纷纷步入劳动大军的行列。到１９９５年马来西亚就业妇女已占...     

“理还乱”:水仙花短篇小说里的美国华人家庭

论文以美国混血华裔女作家"水仙花"所著《春香女士》小说集里描写的有关美国排华年代华人家庭的六篇小说为例,探讨分析了美国西部华人夫妻关系、美国西部华人异族通婚关系和华人家庭伦理传承等问题。从这些故事人物描写中可以看出,"水仙花"独排众议,为华人家庭文化辩护,批评中国男权社会文化对女性的专横。同时,她明显受了当年美国妇女平权运动的影响和接受了种族歧视的现实,认为华人家庭生活文化不能在美国社会共存。     

从外籍教授讲座看海外华人学者的研究特点

为了增进与国外学者的交流,扩大国内华侨华人研究学者的视野,暨南大学华侨华人研究所分别于2 0 0 3年1 1月和2 0 0 4年3月,邀请美国伯克利大学王灵智教授和曾在新加坡、文莱等地任教的饶尚东教授来本所举办为期1个月的学术讲座。暨南大学研究华侨华人问题的专家学者和博、硕士研究生积极参加了讲座,对其中一些问题进行了热烈的探讨与交流,加深了对该学科的国外研究动态的了解,也客观地认识了国外学者的研究成就和特色。王灵智教授的研讨会以全英文的形式进行。他对国外华侨华人研究领域的研究成果和最新学术动态做了概要介绍和精辟评介,并以…     

浅析日本的华侨华人经济研究

日本对华侨、华人的研究向来重视华侨华人经济问题,已有多册著作出版和数量可观的文章发表,其中有不少的观点和资料被国内外学者多次引用,具有广泛的影响。当我们讨论世界华侨华人经济问题时,系统了懈一下日本在这～领域的研究成果,深入地进行学术交流,以便更科学地认识和研究华侨华人经济问题,也许不无必要吧。日本的华侨研究,大致始于第一次世界大战期间。随后,为了适应对中国的侵略扩张和“南进”、“建设大东亚共荣圈”的需要,日本对南洋华侨的研究、对南洋资源的调研曾经高潮迭起。也正是从战前开始,日本已对东南亚华侨经济…     

《中国的华侨华人研究（1979-2000）——对若干华侨华人研究期刊载文的摘评》出版

20 0 2年 6月 ,中国华侨出版社出版了由暨南大学华侨华人研究所所长高伟浓带领其博士研究生石沧金撰写的新作 :《中国的华侨华人研究 ( 1 979-2 0 0 0 )———对若干华侨华人研究期刊载文的摘评》。该书采用“题目 +作者 +发表期刊 (刊名、期数、页码 ) +文摘 +关键词”的体例 ,从 2 0余年来散见于国内各级报纸、学报、侨刊上的华侨华人研究论文中 ,引录了 742篇中国大陆学者研究华侨华人问题的文章 ;并归纳为 2 5个章节 :“华侨华人研究基础”、“华侨出国史”、“华人族谱”、“华侨华人对居留国 (地 )的贡献”、“华侨华人与居住国(地 )…     

征稿启示

承蒙广大专家学者和读者长期以来的关爱和支持 ,《华侨华人历史研究》满怀喜悦地跨入了新世纪。在此世纪之交 ,随着国内外华侨华人问题研究的趋热 ,这一学术领域的研究队伍越来越壮大 ,研究方法日趋多元化 ,研究成果迭出。为了能及时准确地反映这一学术趋势 ,《华侨华人历史研究》拟进行改版 ,开设几个固定栏目 ,并以几个不固定栏目作为补充。同时 ,为了方便作者及刊物的规范化 ,我们对作者来稿的要求也将作一些新的约定。一、宗旨 :《华侨华人历史研究》是国内华侨华人问题研究领域唯一的国家级专业杂志。主要刊登没有发表过的原稿 ,重视文…     

CIRCULAR MIGRATION AND LIFE COURSE OF FEMALE DOMESTIC WORKERS IN BEIJING

This study examines the migration experiences of 24 female domestic workers in Beijing through in-depth interviews. Most of these women were involved in a circular pattern of movement between their home villages and cities. The pattern of reverse and circular migration was closely related to the life-course transitions of Chinese rural women and their socially-assigned gender roles such as marriage, childbirth, childrearing and caregiving for family members. For individual domestic workers, working in Beijing is a bittersweet experience. The women were subjected to unfavourable work conditions and pervasive forms of exploitation. Nevertheless, they benefited from the experience through increased access to income, knowledge and other resources unavailable in rural areas. Although these women challenged, through migration, the traditional social roles imposed on Chinese rural women, their own limitations and institutional barriers left them with few options for improving their social statuses in cities.     

Femininities on transnational journeys and sexual health risk: experiences of Chinese immigrant women in Canada

Negotiations at work in a globalising China in regard to femininity, sexuality, and family relationships have been well documented from the 1990s. Nonetheless less is known about them in a transnational context, and femininities are far less explored than masculinities. Drawing on interview data from a larger research study of transnationalism and gendered HIV vulnerability, this article investigates the intersection of femininity, sexuality and sexual health risk through Chinese immigrant women’s narratives about their experiences in Canada. It examines to what extent these intimate negotiations within China are re-enacted through Chinese immigrant women’s transnational experiences in Canada. These women live ‘in-between’ China and Canada in terms of identity, space and time with their cross-cultural connections unveiling both virtual and actual relations. Gender norms and roles, intimate and sexual experience, and family relations are realigned in the transnational lives of these women and are impacted by both their home and host societies, as well as their past and present experience in China. Used in the article as a concept and an analytical lens, gender is acknowledged as a key organising principle in post-immigration individual and social experience.     

Transition in second birth intention in a low fertility context: the case of Jiangsu,China

When China’s decades-long one-child policy was replaced by a two-child policy, the circumstances under which women intend to have a second child become of great concern. This study examines the determinants of women’s second birth intention, as well as how the intention changes over time alongside changes in other life circumstances. Using panel data from the Jiangsu Fertility Intention and Behaviour Study (JFIBS, 2007, 2010), we find that women with more economic and familial/social resources are more likely to want a second child, while women who work in non-agriculture sectors and have higher decision-making power in the family are less inclined to have a second child. We also find that a sizeable increase of family income encourages women to upwardly revise their intention towards a desire for two children. The role of policy change on Chinese women’s second birth intention is also discussed.     

Gender Ideology and the Domestic Division of Labor in Middle-class Chinese Families in Hong Kong

Despite being engaged in full-time paid work, middle-class women continue to be responsible for the majority of housework and childcare. Based on in-depth interviews with 20 Chinese professional married women, this article explores their subjective perspectives, values and beliefs toward paid and unpaid work. The evidence shows that traditional gender ideology and a patriarchal familial structure, deriving from a Confucian culture, influence perceptions and allocation of housework and childcare, which women are expected to carry out or supervise. The employment of female domestic helpers further reinforces the traditional sexual division of domestic labor in the family. Women in Hong Kong continue to deal with the strain and contradictions of living their lives amidst countervailing modern and traditional forces.     

中国城市女性居民行为空间研究的女性主义视角

在以人为本、重视差异性等后现代思潮的大背景下,基于女性主义视角的西方城市女性居民行为空间的研究有了长足的发展。中国城市中的女性群体,作为城市社会中的一个重要亚群体单元,在改革开放后经历着重大变化的同时也面临着新的挑战,对中国城市女性居民行为空间的女性主义研究已悄然起步,今后的研究视角不仅要关注女性自身的特点及其与男性的对比,而且更要重视女性内部的差异性以及城市内部和城市之间的比较。     

Did the Akan resort to abortion in pre-colonial Ghana? Some conjectures

The question of abortion practice in pre-colonial Ghana is the central topic of this work. The author performed exhaustive field work and data analysis to come to the conclusion. The study involves the interviews of women in a rural village as well as a control group consisting of men and women. Currently the women living in the region in question commonly have abortion in attempt to control their fertility, so it is assumed that the practice has gone on for a long time. However the author points out 3 reasons why this is not necessarily the case: the circumstances that now provoke women to have abortions did not manifest themselves in the pre-colonial era; the cultural and economics situation of pre-colonial women was such that abortion would be useless and absurd; and reliable field work failed to disclose any significant incidence of pre-colonial abortion. The author questioned the reliability of a male researcher interviewing male informants about the past practice of women. It is possible that pre-colonial women performed abortions without their husband's knowledge. The author feels that this is not likely because there are no indications of knowledge of this practice and the odds are not in favor of total ignorance. Simply put, if women were having abortions, eventually some men would have found out about it. Abortion in pre-colonial Ghana was probably rare and only performed in circumstances where pregnancy would lead to shame and hardship for woman. Adultery and pre-puberty rite pregnancies were the most common reasons for pre-colonial women to have abortions.     

Surviving under the Enemy: Oral Narratives of Middle-Class Women in Japanese-Occupied China (1931-45)

In a fragmented wartime China (1931-45), the levels of violence, suffering, and resistance varied in different regions. The Anti-Japanese War left people with different experiences and memories. To date, both Chinese- and English-language scholarship have paid insufficient attention to the more than two hundred million common Chinese who stayed in Japanese-occupied areas. To help fill this gap, this study provides a thematic analysis of interviews conducted by the author with six Chinese women of the urban middle-class about their experiences in the Japanese-occupied areas. It adds voices and perspectives of ordinary, middle-class women to the rich tapestry of everyday life of wartime China. The oral narratives of these women are everyday accounts of uncertainty, fear, and survival. More important, they are testimonies to the evolution of their gender consciousness and their determination to pursue an education as a means of resisting gender inequality. In addition, these oral narratives show how these women developed strategies in their marriages, work, and political views to reconcile with the reality of living with the enemy. Their everyday forms of resistance helped them maintain dignity in the face of foreign imperialism.     

中韩国际婚姻的跨国家庭纽带研究——以汉族婚姻移民女性为中心

论文以22名嫁韩中国女性为对象,从跨国主义的视角分析她们在韩的婚姻现状、与原生家庭间的跨国联系及这种联系的性质和意义。研究发现,这些女性绝大多数来自中国东北三省和山东沿海地区;中介婚姻占近70%,且与丈夫的年龄差距普遍较大;再婚者占较大比例。其中,60%与韩国丈夫育有子女,已在韩国生活多年,并从事各种非专业化工作。这些女性通过汇款寄物,信息通讯交流,回国探亲,邀请家人来韩等一系列方式维持着跨国家庭纽带。而她们的中国家人也为其提供育儿、家政以及精神抚慰等多方面的支持。通过跨国家庭纽带,汉族女性与原生家庭成员之间实现的是一种灵活变动着的"跨国看护",双方是互惠互利的。     

Gender,precarity and hybrid forms of work identity in the virtual domestic arts and crafts industry in Canada and the US

Over the last several decades, there has been a growing recognition of the precarious nature of employment in creative economies, including craft industries. Despite this work, little research has explored how the rise of the platform economy is affecting labour market precarity. Our article explores the nature of precarity in craft blogging, looking in particular at the domestic arts and crafts. We examine how a growing number of women have left other forms of employment to engage in sewing, knitting, quilting, cooking and baking. Many women have also taken to blogging about their endeavors. However, there is a paucity of research on the variety of types of work that craft bloggers engage in and the challenges they face. Drawing upon interviews with female domestic arts bloggers in Canada and the United States, the article explores the work that craft bloggers engage in, the space and time of labour, and the variable sources of income that they access through their work. The article analyzes the experiences of precarious labour that arise at the interface of craft and the internet, and the multiple identities that stem from hybrid forms of creative work.