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...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
©2011.
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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.