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Refiguring women, colonialism, and modernity in Burma /

Presents the first study of the woman of the khit kala--"the woman of the times"--Who burst onto the covers and pages of novels, newspapers, and advertisements in the 1920s. Educated and politicized, earner and consumer, "Burmese" and "Westernized," she embodied the pos...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Ikeya, Chie
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2011.
Collection:Southeast Asia--politics, meaning, memory.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The colonial setting
  • Women on the rise
  • Between patriotism and feminism
  • Modern woman as consumer
  • Mixing religion and race
  • The self-indulgent khit hsan thu.