Refiguring women, colonialism, and modernity in Burma

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ikeya, Chie
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2011.
Series:Southeast Asia--politics, meaning, memory.
Subjects:
Börngen, ...
1900-1999
Sex role > Burma.
Women > Burma > History > 20th century.
Women > Burma > Social conditions > 20th century.
Women, Burmese > History > 20th century.
Women, Burmese > Social conditions > 20th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Sex role
Women
Women > Social conditions
Soziale Situation
Geschlechterrolle
Burma
Birma
History
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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