Becoming Chetti Melaka : the intergenerational transmission of culture and gender role ideology between mothers and daughters of the Chetti Melaka community in Singapore.

• Main Author: Cheah, Emily Shi Hua.
• Other Authors: Tam Chen Hee
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15199
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Chetti Melaka in Singapore form a small community which portrays itself to be set in its rich culture, rituals, language and values. This study seeks to understand how culture and gender role ideology are transmitted between mothers and daughters from this community. Using qualitative interviews...