04303nam a22006255i 4500 978-3-031-57655-3 DE-He213 20251030112946.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240910s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031576553 978-3-031-57655-3 10.1007/978-3-031-57655-3 doi HM716-753.2 JHBK bicssc SOC026010 bisacsh JHBK thema Cheung, Herbary. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 83958 Single Mothers in Thailand [electronic resource] : Women, Motherhood, and Going it All Alone / by Herbary Cheung. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XIII, 197 p. 6 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 1. Introduction: Starting the Research Journey -- 2. Establishing the Research: An Ethnographic Approach -- 3. Re-defining Stigmatization: Intersectional Stigma of Single Mothers in Thailand -- 4. Intersectional Stigma and Coping Strategies of Single Mothers Living with HIV in Thailand -- 5. Navigating Motherhood: Stigma and Mothering Experiences of Single Mothers with Mental Illness in Thailand -- 6. When Mothering Alone: Passive-Aggressive Social Exclusion of Single Mothers in Thailand -- 7. Conclusion: Moving Beyond Gender—Single Motherhood at a Crossroads. This book investigates a range of major sociological debates and policy studies related to gender, family, marriage, health, intersectionality, and social exclusion of single mothers in Thailand. It does so by analyzing ethnographic data gained from participant observation at NGOs and a psychiatric hospital, in-depth interviews with single mothers and social workers, and a review of government policy documents and reports from 2020 and 2021. The conceptual framework of the study draws on gender as a social construct and intersectionality as critical social theory. Using this framework, the book aims to offer new scholarly insights by looking at single mothers as a category of multiple and overlapping oppressions, marginalization, and exclusion, which intersect not only with gender, class, and ethnicity but also with other significant categories, such as hometown neighborhood, religion, and health conditions, all significant but under-researched subjects in the Thai context. Moreover, the book also provides policy recommendations to the Thai government to improve its social policies for single mothers and achieve gender equality in Thailand. Herbary Cheung (he/him/his) is Lecturer in Gender Studies at the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Monash University, Malaysia. His research engages with gender and migration, family, marriage and health, intersectionality, and contextual mobility, focusing on Southeast Asia-Hong Kong connections. He is the author of Engendering Migration Journey: Identity, Ethnicity, and Gender of Thai Migrant Women in Hong Kong (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023). Sociology. 57193 Social groups. 57665 Health. 59522 Sex. 66477 Family policy. 63095 Social structure. Equality. 59823 Well-being. 59309 Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging. 70854 Gender and Health. 71202 Children, Youth and Family Policy. 69625 Social Structure. Gender Studies. 66478 Well-Being. 59309 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031576546 Printed edition: 9783031576560 Printed edition: 9783031576577 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57655-3 ZDB-2-SLS ZDB-2-SXS 63216 63216