The flaming womb : repositioning women in early modern Southeast Asia /
Andaya, Barbara Watson.
The flaming womb : repositioning women in early modern Southeast Asia / Barbara Watson Andaya. - Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2006. - xi, 335 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-316) and index.
Introduction -- Women and "Southeast Asia" -- Early modernity, sources, and women's history -- Women and religious change -- Women and economic change -- States, subjects, and households -- Women, courts, and class -- Being female in "early modern" Southeast Asia -- Conclusion.
""The Princess of the Flaming Womb," the Javanese legend that introduces this study, symbolizes the many ambiguities attached to femaleness in Southeast Asian societies. Yet despite these ambiguities, the relatively egalitarian nature of male-female relations in Southeast Asia is central to arguments claiming a coherent identity for the region. This work by scholar Barbara Watson Andaya considers such contradictions while offering a thought-provoking view of Southeast Asian history that focuses on women's roles and perceptions. Andaya explores the broad themes of the early modern era (1500-1800) - the introduction of new religions, major economic shifts, changing patterns of state control, the impact of elite lifestyles and behaviors - drawing on an extraordinary range of sources and citing numerous examples from Thai, Vietnamese, Burmese, Philippine, and Malay societies. In the process, she provides a timely and innovative model for putting women back into world history" "The Flaming Womb makes a contribution to a Southeastern Asian history that is both regional and global in content and perspective. It offers a new view of the region that will appeal to students and specialists in a variety of disciplines."--Jacket.
0824829557 9780824829551 9780824832889 0824832884
9780824829551
2006012670
Women--History.--Southeast Asia
Women--History--Modern period, 1600-
Women--Social conditions.--Southeast Asia
Sex role--History.--Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia--Social conditions.
HQ1745.8 / .A683 2006
305.40959/0903
The flaming womb : repositioning women in early modern Southeast Asia / Barbara Watson Andaya. - Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2006. - xi, 335 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-316) and index.
Introduction -- Women and "Southeast Asia" -- Early modernity, sources, and women's history -- Women and religious change -- Women and economic change -- States, subjects, and households -- Women, courts, and class -- Being female in "early modern" Southeast Asia -- Conclusion.
""The Princess of the Flaming Womb," the Javanese legend that introduces this study, symbolizes the many ambiguities attached to femaleness in Southeast Asian societies. Yet despite these ambiguities, the relatively egalitarian nature of male-female relations in Southeast Asia is central to arguments claiming a coherent identity for the region. This work by scholar Barbara Watson Andaya considers such contradictions while offering a thought-provoking view of Southeast Asian history that focuses on women's roles and perceptions. Andaya explores the broad themes of the early modern era (1500-1800) - the introduction of new religions, major economic shifts, changing patterns of state control, the impact of elite lifestyles and behaviors - drawing on an extraordinary range of sources and citing numerous examples from Thai, Vietnamese, Burmese, Philippine, and Malay societies. In the process, she provides a timely and innovative model for putting women back into world history" "The Flaming Womb makes a contribution to a Southeastern Asian history that is both regional and global in content and perspective. It offers a new view of the region that will appeal to students and specialists in a variety of disciplines."--Jacket.
0824829557 9780824829551 9780824832889 0824832884
9780824829551
2006012670
Women--History.--Southeast Asia
Women--History--Modern period, 1600-
Women--Social conditions.--Southeast Asia
Sex role--History.--Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia--Social conditions.
HQ1745.8 / .A683 2006
305.40959/0903