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Article: Desperate housewives: The case of Chinese Si-Nais in Hong Kong
Title | Desperate housewives: The case of Chinese Si-Nais in Hong Kong |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Chinese Women Housewives Identity Stigma |
Issue Date | 2007 |
Publisher | Sage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journal.aspx?pid=133 |
Citation | Affilia - Journal Of Women And Social Work, 2007, v. 22 n. 3, p. 255-270 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This article documents the strategies that married Chinese women in Hong Kong use to cope with the stigmatized identity of being si-nais (middle-aged housewives). It analyzes how, in the larger context of Hong Kong's social, economic, and political transformation, the term si-nai has changed over time from being a mark of respect to being a derogatory label. The dissatisfaction expressed by these women with their lives is matched by resistance to a stigmatized social identity and stereotyping images with which others may seek to confine them. The study problematizes the way in which the figure of the housewife is constituted as some form of "other" by feminism. © SAGE Publications. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/172167 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.839 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Ho, PSY | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-30T06:20:30Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-10-30T06:20:30Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Affilia - Journal Of Women And Social Work, 2007, v. 22 n. 3, p. 255-270 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0886-1099 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/172167 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This article documents the strategies that married Chinese women in Hong Kong use to cope with the stigmatized identity of being si-nais (middle-aged housewives). It analyzes how, in the larger context of Hong Kong's social, economic, and political transformation, the term si-nai has changed over time from being a mark of respect to being a derogatory label. The dissatisfaction expressed by these women with their lives is matched by resistance to a stigmatized social identity and stereotyping images with which others may seek to confine them. The study problematizes the way in which the figure of the housewife is constituted as some form of "other" by feminism. © SAGE Publications. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journal.aspx?pid=133 | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work | en_US |
dc.rights | Affilia: journal of women and social work. Copyright © Sage Publications, Inc. | - |
dc.subject | Chinese Women | en_US |
dc.subject | Housewives | en_US |
dc.subject | Identity | en_US |
dc.subject | Stigma | en_US |
dc.title | Desperate housewives: The case of Chinese Si-Nais in Hong Kong | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Ho, PSY: psyho@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Ho, PSY=rp00553 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0886109907302260 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-34548037023 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 139835 | - |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-34548037023&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 22 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 255 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 270 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000248849800003 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Ho, PSY=10739674800 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0886-1099 | - |