Ancestor Worship in Singapore

It is not uncommon to find the Chinese performingtraditional customs and rites despite the rapidtransformation Singapore society experienced inrecent years. Today daughters are becoming as valuedas sons and the patriarchal power structure of thetraditional Chinese family is beginning to bechallenged. But despite the belief among the Chinesethat religion is considered to be women's businessit is also widely accepted that women are not alloweda tablet of either parent and are to worship thetablet belonging to their husband's family aftermarriage. This book will show that this tradition isbut a normative position; the given notions are notabsolutely binding and women do negotiate theirresponsibilities. It offers a glimpse of how theunique biographies environments and the traditionalvalues three generations of women were exposed to andsocialized into accepting shaped their experiencesand attitudes towards ancestor worship. This analysisshould be useful to anyone who is interested to learnmore about ancestor worship in contemporarySingapore and to those who wish to hear more aboutthe narratives of the main practitioner herself - herstory.