Performing Modernity

Schein, Louisa

doi:10.1525/can.1999.14.3.361

Cited by 95 publications

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“…However, as discussed earlier, upper-class families are beset by two competing demands. The ideology of “doing gender” (West and Zimmerman 1987) in the South Asian context demands that women present a modest and decorous façade to the world to buttress the claim by family/community to high culture; the ideology of “doing modernity” (Schein 1999) demands that the family present a liberal and progressive image to the world to establish their claims to a sophisticated and worldly outlook. In some cases, these contradictions are resolved by men donning the mask of modernity while women remain guardians of family virtue (Liechty 2003).…”

Section: Hindu-muslim Differences In Gender Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

Muslim and Hindu Women’s Public and Private Behaviors: Gender, Family, and Communalized Politics in India

Desai

Temsah

2014

Demography

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Prior research on fundamentalist religious movements has focused attention on the complicated relationship between gender, family and religion. Using data from a nationally representative survey of 30,000 Hindu and Muslim women, this study compares the daily public and private behaviors of women in India to examine how gender and family norms are shaped in the context of communalized identity politics. Building on the theoretical framework of “doing gender”, it argues that because communal identities are expressed through externally visible behaviors, greater religious differences are expected in external markers of gendered behaviors and family norms. Results indicate that Muslim women are more likely to engage in veiling and less likely to venture outside the home for recreation and employment. However, religious differences are absent when attention is directed at private behaviors such as household decision making power, gender segregation within households, and discrimination against daughters. Results underscore the multidimensionality of gender.

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Section: Hindu-muslim Differences In Gender Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

Muslim and Hindu Women’s Public and Private Behaviors: Gender, Family, and Communalized Politics in India

Desai

Temsah

2014

Demography

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“…4 The residents of Upper Jidao are almost all ethnically Miao, and the village is located in a region of Guizhou province known for Miao traditional architecture, lifeways, and festivals (see Schein 1999, 2000and Oakes 1998 on the construction of Miao ethnicity as a modern identity). Similarly, Ping'an village is promoted as a tourist destination not only for its spectacular terraced fields (which are the main attraction for most tourists) but also for ethnic Zhuang customs and architecture (Xu 2006; on the Zhuang see Kaup 2000).…”

Section: A Landscape Of Travel: Tourism and Migrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Leave the Fields without Leaving the Countryside: Modernity and Mobility in Rural, Ethnic China

Chio

2011

Identities

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“…Although scholars such as Oakes (1998;, Schein (1999; and Chio (2009) have all commented on changes impacting upon other southwestern Chinese minority cultural traditions as a result of different forms of promotion of local culture (especially in relation to the use of distinctive cultural performances within local tourism), research regarding minority communities in this region has yet to fully explore the relationship between recent cultural changes and the maintenance of longstanding local ecological awareness. This study of big song illustrates that the complexities of the future of a community's culture -such as that of Kam peopleare also important considerations in relation to maintaining local environmental understanding.…”

Section: Echoing the Environment In Kam Big Song 451mentioning

confidence: 99%