The Social Stigma of Being an Unwed Mother/Being Raped in Vietnam
Wednesday, November 06, 2013 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Vsg] Social stigma attached to being an unwed mother and/or avictim of rape in Vietnam: Sources/citations in Vietnamese or otherlanguages
Dear Mark,
Nguyen Thu Huong from the Anthropology Department of TÐH KHXHNV in Hanoi has published excellent work on rape.
Best,
Christina
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Harriet Phinney <harriet.phinney@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Mark,
Ann Marie Leshkowich has written an excellent article "Rendering Infant Abandonment Technical and Moral....." that is published in positions: east asia cultural critique 20 (2): 497-526. Check it out.
More generally, Tine Gammeltoft has written on teen pregnancy - some of her data may be useful.
I would suggest looking at the public health research regarding family planning and reproductive health for hints of discussion on discrimination and rape.
I have been following the discourse of single motherhood since finishing my dissertation (2003) which was on the political economy of postwar single women's decisions to bear a child out of wedlock in northern Vietnam. This summer I did more concentrated follow up research on how the women I interviewed in the late 1990s and in 2004 are doing and how their children are faring. I have also been in the process of interviewing younger single women who have decided (intentionally) to bear a child out of wedlock. While it seems you are focused on women who did not want to have a child, the larger contemporary discourse on single motherhood may be of use. I am actually headed to Hanoi tomorrow to continue this research. I would be happy to talk to you about it. I don't have any recent publications based on this material - but plan to have my manuscript completed next year.
Hope this helps. Email if you want to discuss further.
Best,
Harriet
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Mark Sidel <sidel@wisc.edu> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
On an immigration matter, I'm seeking academic or popular citations in Vietnamese or other languages that discuss the continued presence and/or level of stigma attached to being an unwed mother and/or a victim of rape in Vietnam in recent years.
I'm aware of the earlier VSG discussion on this in the unwed mother situation (thanks, moderators, for your archiving work), which discussed this in more historical perspective.
Any thoughts on sources for discussions of this are greatly welcome, on- or offlist.
Thanks.... Mark
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Hi Mark,
Ann Marie Leshkowich has written an excellent article "Rendering Infant Abandonment Technical and Moral....." that is published in positions: east asia cultural critique 20 (2): 497-526. Check it out.
More generally, Tine Gammeltoft has written on teen pregnancy - some of her data may be useful.
I would suggest looking at the public health research regarding family planning and reproductive health for hints of discussion on discrimination and rape.
I have been following the discourse of single motherhood since finishing my dissertation (2003) which was on the political economy of postwar single women's decisions to bear a child out of wedlock in northern Vietnam. This summer I did more concentrated follow up research on how the women I interviewed in the late 1990s and in 2004 are doing and how their children are faring. I have also been in the process of interviewing younger single women who have decided (intentionally) to bear a child out of wedlock. While it seems you are focused on women who did not want to have a child, the larger contemporary discourse on single motherhood may be of use. I am actually headed to Hanoi tomorrow to continue this research. I would be happy to talk to you about it. I don't have any recent publications based on this material - but plan to have my manuscript completed next year.
Hope this helps. Email if you want to discuss further.
Best,
Harriet
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Mark Sidel <sidel@wisc.edu> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
On an immigration matter, I'm seeking academic or popular citations in Vietnamese or other languages that discuss the continued presence and/or level of stigma attached to being an unwed mother and/or a victim of rape in Vietnam in recent years.
I'm aware of the earlier VSG discussion on this in the unwed mother situation (thanks, moderators, for your archiving work), which discussed this in more historical perspective.
Any thoughts on sources for discussions of this are greatly welcome, on- or offlist.
Thanks.... Mark
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Dear colleagues,
On an immigration matter, I'm seeking academic or popular citations in
Vietnamese or other languages that discuss the continued presence and/or
level of stigma attached to being an unwed mother and/or a victim of
rape in Vietnam in recent years.
I'm aware of the earlier VSG discussion on this in the unwed mother
situation (thanks, moderators, for your archiving work), which discussed
this in more historical perspective.
Any thoughts on sources for discussions of this are greatly welcome, on-
or offlist.
Thanks.... Mark
Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin-Madison