Seven Spiritual debts and gendered costs
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Pascale F. Engelmajer
Abstract
This chapter examines religious dimensions of intergenerational debts and obligations. It explores in particular how the religiously defined debts that children owe impact on the lives of women in Thailand. It examines the motivations and outcomes of female migration to urban areas in this context. It observes that in many societies, intergenerational relations include not only material and moral support but also a spiritual and religious dimension and they carry high currency in some cultures. It notes that parents and grandparents are responsible for transmitting faith and religion, and in return children carry out the beliefs and practices of their ancestors.
Abstract
This chapter examines religious dimensions of intergenerational debts and obligations. It explores in particular how the religiously defined debts that children owe impact on the lives of women in Thailand. It examines the motivations and outcomes of female migration to urban areas in this context. It observes that in many societies, intergenerational relations include not only material and moral support but also a spiritual and religious dimension and they carry high currency in some cultures. It notes that parents and grandparents are responsible for transmitting faith and religion, and in return children carry out the beliefs and practices of their ancestors.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables and figures vi
- Notes on contributors vii
- Foreword x
- Introduction 1
- Globalisation, global ageing and intergenerational change 13
- Theoretical perspectives on intergenerational solidarity, conflict and ambivalence 29
- Globalised transmissions of housing wealth and return migration 57
- Housing wealth and family reciprocity in East Asia 77
- Grandparents and HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa 95
- Spiritual debts and gendered costs 111
- Reciprocity in intergenerational relationships in stepfamilies 129
- New patterns of family reciprocity? Policy challenges in ageing societies 149
- Index 161
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables and figures vi
- Notes on contributors vii
- Foreword x
- Introduction 1
- Globalisation, global ageing and intergenerational change 13
- Theoretical perspectives on intergenerational solidarity, conflict and ambivalence 29
- Globalised transmissions of housing wealth and return migration 57
- Housing wealth and family reciprocity in East Asia 77
- Grandparents and HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa 95
- Spiritual debts and gendered costs 111
- Reciprocity in intergenerational relationships in stepfamilies 129
- New patterns of family reciprocity? Policy challenges in ageing societies 149
- Index 161
