The Transition Of Gender Division Of Labor In Laos’s Family During The Process Of Modernization

In the area of Lao and Xishuangbanna district in China, there is acorridor that is a transfer station of migration progress on the way ofZhuang and Thai Ethnic southward migration. As the major nationality ofLaos, the lao nationality has a long history with Chinese Southern Baiyuenations. This paper focuses on the study of gender division of banyangvillage of phonsavan city in xiengkhouang province in Laos. Through thestudy of Lao People in property inheritance, religious belief, educationand so on, to analysis the differences of Lao People of division of labor indifferent periods and different scenes with a micro perspective. Based onthe field investigation of banyang village of phonsavan city inxiengkhouang province, this paper is trying to describe the form of familygender division of labor. The form of marriage, domesticity, division offamily and inheritance exhibit used to showing the phenomenon of“female noble male humble", but now, men and women equality in theprocess of changing trend in the aspect of modern education andemployment.This thesis aims at studying the questions mentioned above,to reveal the causes of formation and change, to research the harmoniousoperation of traditional reconstruction in both modernization progress andsocial order, giving a thought of the identity of female Lao nationality andtheir hidden power, then explain that based on conforming to themodernization and globalization change, the Lao people will get throughthe traditional transition and complete the modern transformation ofdivision of labor in family.