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Vietnamese Daughters in Transition: Factory Work and Family Relations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Danièle Bélanger  and
Katherine Pendakis
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This paper assesses the social implications of employment opportunities in manufacturing for rural young unmarried Vietnamese women. Interested in the ways in which intimate relations, identities and structures of exchange within the family are reconfigured through the migration and work experience, we interview young, single daughters who had obtained employment as garment factory workers in Hanoi. Our focus is on the ambiguities and shifting perceptions women express when coming to terms with significant changes in their everyday life.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 8 , Issue 5 , February 2010 , e2
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