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No longer a 'happy balance': the decline of female status in Khmer village culture

Anthropology and community in Cambodia : reflections on the work of May Ebihara, edited John A Marston (70)Published In 2011 • Pages: 171-188

By: Frieson, Katie, Marston, John A. (John Amos), Ebihara, May.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document review's May Ebihara's previous work on the status of Cambodian rural women based on fieldwork undertaken in 1990-2006. The aim is to explore effects of political repression on male-female relations and village life. The discussion shows that the upheavals of the war years in the 1970s have permanently changed male-female relations including the demographic balance because of high male casualty.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Family relationships
Gender status
Aftermath of combat
Community structure
Cultural identity and pride
Real property
Poverty
Gender roles and issues
Division of labor by gender
Ethnosociology
Social relationships and groups
Cooperative organization
Kin relationships
Research and development
General character of religion
Eating
Status, role, and prestige
Political parties
Celibacy
Political movements
Sociocultural trends
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Cambodians
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2012
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeast Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Anthropologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi Abate Adem; 2012
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1998-2006
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1950-2006
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Cambodia
NotesAdditional notes
Kate Grace Frieson
for bibliographical references see document 190
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
2011456046
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Khmers