VEERASAMY, M @ Mrs Aarti
Women through the Years: Economic & Family Lives,
Accession Number 001678
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 8
Total Reels
- Paramaswari d/o Marimuthu
Interviewer
- 03:49:06
Total Running Time
- Tamil
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 8
Metadata
- 26 Apr 1995
Recording Date
- 00:30:43
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- For background information only
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Family background and particulars. About her own family and educational levels of siblings. How her own children helped in housework. Solving of problems with her family. About her sons' and husband's characters.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 8
Metadata
- 26 Apr 1995
Recording Date
- 00:30:45
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- For background information only
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Her mother's role. Parents never owned house in Singapore. Family's pre-occupation with caste system. Initial fear of going to work. Her attitude towards work. Father's role and reasons for rift in relationship between sublings.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 8
Metadata
- 11 Jul 1995
Recording Date
- 00:30:45
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- For background information only
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Her educational level and how she spent time in sister's house prior to her marriage. How she was disciplined. About her attempted suicide and reasons for it. What she learned from parents' upbringing. Work history and income.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 8
Metadata
- 11 Jul 1995
Recording Date
- 00:30:34
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- For background information only
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
How she spent income and savings. Plans for re-entry to workforce. Work problems and how she handled them. Husband's feelings about her returning to work as beautician. Role of women in workforce and men's role in housework.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 8
Metadata
- 11 Jul 1995
Recording Date
- 00:30:37
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- For background information only
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Difference in housework - past and present. Managment of housework after childbirth. About childcare; handling of family problems. Opinion of Indian men. Interested in returning to job as beautician. About employers and government attitude towards working women. Opportunities for women.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 8
Metadata
- 7 Aug 1995
Recording Date
- 00:30:37
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- For background information only
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Decision-making in family. Solving family problems. What constituted happy family. Interests and hobbies. Social life and trust between husband and self. Importance of time management. Allowing sons to choose their own careers.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 8
Metadata
- 7 Aug 1995
Recording Date
- 00:30:44
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- For background information only
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Socialisation of sons and daughter. Upbringing of children and regard for women by sons. About how mass media depicted women. Preference for western lifestyle and dreams as woman. About gender equality and how she would relive life as woman.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 8
Metadata
- 7 Aug 1995
Recording Date
- 00:14:21
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- For background information only
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
About being role model for her children. Her ideas of what father's role should be towards sons and daughters. Role of mass media.
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