Complexities of Vietnamese Femininities: A Resource for Rethinking Women's University Leadership Practices

Autor/inn/en	Do, Van Hanh Thi; Brennan, Marie
Titel	Complexities of Vietnamese Femininities: A Resource for Rethinking Women's University Leadership Practices
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 27 (2015) 3, S.273-287 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2015.1024619
Schlagwörter	Feminism; Females; Gender Differences; Foreign Countries; History; Cultural Differences; Folk Culture; Politics; Interviews; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Power Structure; Family Environment; Work Environment; Masculinity; Confucianism; Leadership; Universities; Vietnam + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Feminismus; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Kultureller Unterschied; Politik; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Familienmilieu; Arbeitsmilieu; Männlichkeit; Konfuzianismus; Führung; Führungsposition; University; Universität
Abstract	This paper develops a dialogical encounter between northern-inspired theorisations of gender and Vietnam's historical and cultural differentiation identified through the presence of matriarchy in ancient societies and its popularity in folklore and contemporary politics. The article draws on interviews with 12 senior women from 8 universities in Northern and Southern Vietnam. Three main themes are explored: (1) the Vietnamese woman as "general of the interior"; (2) the "woman behind the throne"; and (3) "behind a woman is another woman". These themes illustrate the distinctiveness of a historically produced Vietnamese gender order as reflected in current university women's experience. By providing insights into the complex dynamics of Vietnamese women's "informal power", as evident in both spheres of home and university, the paper presents a discussion of forms of Vietnamese femininity that contributes to re-theorising Connell's concepts of "hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity". (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01