Abstract
Selected data from a major study of South Asian (N =298) and Anglo-Saxon (n=153) women supporting the hypothesis of a dualistic complementary attitude towards life for the South Asian respondents are presented. The South Asian women are simultaneously "traditional" with regard to family, religion and marriage, but "contemporary" on values pertaining to education and development outside the home. By contrast, the Anglo-Saxon sample emerged as consistently contemporary. Data on the South Asian selective attitude toward Canadian cultural values reinforces the predicted "traditional-contemporary" pattern. The implications of the South Asian dualistic attitude to life within the family and in relation to the larger society are discussed.
Keywords
Gender studiesSouth asiaFamily lifeRelation (database)SociologyEthnology
Affiliated Institutions
Related Publications
Neoconservatism and the Canadian pro‐family movement*
Le mouvement pro‐famille est né au Canada en 1983 grǎce à une campagne d'organisation autour de plusieurs thèmes symboliques liés à la défense de la famille traditionnelle et de...
Publication Info
- Year
- 1988
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 311-327
- Citations
- 61
- Access
- Closed
External Links
Social Impact
Altmetric
PlumX Metrics
Social media, news, blog, policy document mentions
Citation Metrics
61
OpenAlex
Cite This
Josephine C. Naidoo,
Janae Davis
(1988).
Canadian South Asian Women in Transition: A Dualistic View of Life.
Journal of Comparative Family Studies
, 19
(2)
, 311-327.
https://doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.19.2.311
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.3138/jcfs.19.2.311