This work offers an ethnology of young Cambodian women who move from the countryside to work in Cambodia's capital city, Phnom Penh. The book challenges the dominant image of these young rural women - that they are controlled by global economic forces and national development po…
This work offers an ethnology of young Cambodian women who move from the countryside to work in Cambodia's capital city, Phnom Penh. The book challenges the dominant image of these young rural women - that they are controlled by global economic forces and national development po…
"This is a fascinating ethnography about young Khmer women moving to the city to work in the garment factories, in prostitution, and as street sellers. The author makes good use of new theoretical approaches in anthropology that focus on negotiation and creativity in situations …
Khmer Women on the Move offers a fascinating ethnography of young Cambodian women who move from the countryside to work in Cambodia's capital city, Phnom Penh. Female migration and urban employment are rising, triggered by Cambodia's transition from a closed socialist system to …
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Khmer Women on the Move offers a fascinating ethnography of young Cambodian women who move from the countryside to work in Cambodia's capital city, Phnom Penh. Female migration and urban employment are rising, triggered by Cambodia's transition from a closed socialist system to …
Unlike their mothers, young women today enjoy a battery of rights and opportunities unthinkable just a few decades ago. They are, at the same time, protagonists of a new public visibility that, while placing them on the podium of beauty, fashion and entertainment as the epitome …
