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Romancing Human Rights : Gender, Intimacy, and Power between Burma and the West /
When the world thinks of Burma, it is often in relation to Nobel laureate and icon Aung San Suu Kyi. But beyond her is another world, one that complicates the overdetermination of Burma as a pariah state and myths about the "high status" of Southeast Asian women. Highlighting and critiquin...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Intersections: Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Studies ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note about Names
- Burmese Acronyms and Terminology
- Preface: Through a "Burmese Looking Glass"
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. From Orwell to Rambo
- 2. The Making of a Modern Burmese Wife
- 3. "Truth Has a Witness"
- 4. Performative Politics of Aung San Suu Kyi (or Papa's Baby and Mama's Maybe)
- 5. Wendy Law-Yone
- 6. Diaspora and Daughters
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author