The changing tradition of Chinese confinement in Singapore : food, folklore and the family.
The existing literature on the confinement tradition focuses on anthropological documentation of postpartum practices, the nutritional and psychological aspects of these practices and its effects on mothers. This research, however, provides an overview of Chinese confinement with a focus on dietary...
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| author | Chen, Quin Hui. |
| author2 | Geoffrey Benjamin |
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| description | The existing literature on the confinement tradition focuses on anthropological documentation of postpartum practices, the nutritional and psychological aspects of these practices and its effects on mothers. This research, however, provides an overview of Chinese confinement with a focus on dietary practices in contemporary Singapore and takes into account the family
dynamics and changes across two generations of mothers who engage in the confinement
ritual. The Chinese confinement tradition and practices, structures the mothers’ postpartum experiences, yet rationalization allows for a certain degree of agency to be exercised in relation to the practices. This brings about changes to the way confinement is carried out in contemporary Singapore. My findings shed light on the evolving aspect of the confinement ritual, the importance of the family in the confinement tradition and the macro and micro interactions that affect the way confinement is carried out in the present-day context. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/342002019-12-10T14:36:51Z The changing tradition of Chinese confinement in Singapore : food, folklore and the family. Chen, Quin Hui. Geoffrey Benjamin School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences The existing literature on the confinement tradition focuses on anthropological documentation of postpartum practices, the nutritional and psychological aspects of these practices and its effects on mothers. This research, however, provides an overview of Chinese confinement with a focus on dietary practices in contemporary Singapore and takes into account the family dynamics and changes across two generations of mothers who engage in the confinement ritual. The Chinese confinement tradition and practices, structures the mothers’ postpartum experiences, yet rationalization allows for a certain degree of agency to be exercised in relation to the practices. This brings about changes to the way confinement is carried out in contemporary Singapore. My findings shed light on the evolving aspect of the confinement ritual, the importance of the family in the confinement tradition and the macro and micro interactions that affect the way confinement is carried out in the present-day context. Bachelor of Arts 2010-04-08T07:03:44Z 2010-04-08T07:03:44Z 2010 2010 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/34200 en Nanyang Technological University 31 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences Chen, Quin Hui. The changing tradition of Chinese confinement in Singapore : food, folklore and the family. |
| title | The changing tradition of Chinese confinement in Singapore : food, folklore and the family. |
| title_full | The changing tradition of Chinese confinement in Singapore : food, folklore and the family. |
| title_fullStr | The changing tradition of Chinese confinement in Singapore : food, folklore and the family. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The changing tradition of Chinese confinement in Singapore : food, folklore and the family. |
| title_short | The changing tradition of Chinese confinement in Singapore : food, folklore and the family. |
| title_sort | changing tradition of chinese confinement in singapore food folklore and the family |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences |
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