Open AccessAgriculture in Southeast Asia: Rethinking contemporary issues using sociology of gender and family
Author(s) -
Veronica L. Gregorio
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
simulacra
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2656-8721
pISSN - 2622-6952
DOI - 10.21107/sml.v4i1.9520
Subject(s) - feminization (sociology) , agency (philosophy) , agriculture , sociology , southeast asia , state (computer science) , position (finance) , gender studies , economic growth , political science , social science , geography , economics , ethnology , archaeology , finance , algorithm , computer science
This article provides an overview of how agricultural development and structural changes affects women in Southeast Asia. By employing critical literature review, it enumerates how global agriculture can be characterized as under a modern capitalist system of production by looking at trends on labor and distress migration, scientific and technological innovations (STIs), and intensification of non-traditional agricultural exports (NTAEs). Following this, it makes a case for Southeast Asia’s ASEAN4 (Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia) explaining how the conditions of women farmers should be explored further, not just in a developmental lens but in sociology of gender and family approaches. The article then discusses regional works about masculinization and feminization, engendered resistance, agency and multiplicity of identities, and intra-household relations. Towards the conclusion, it emphasizes points on challenging the terms “farmer” and “feminization,” reconsidering regional contexts, examining the family’s intra-household relationship, scrutinizing the position of the local state, and ways to move forward.