Refiguring Women, Colonialism, and Modernity in Burma

Refiguring Women, Colonialism, and Modernity in Burma presents the first study of one of the most prevalent and critical

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Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 13
Chapter 1. The Colonial Setting......Page 26
Chapter 2. Women on the Rise Education and the Popular Press......Page 58
Chapter 3. Between Patriotism and Feminism: Politicized and Organized Women......Page 87
Chapter 4. Modern Woman as Consumer: Fashion, Domesticity, and the Marketplace......Page 108
Chapter 5. Mixing Religion and Race: Intermarriage, Miscegenation, and the Wives and Mistresses of Foreign Men......Page 132
Chapter 6. The Self-Indulgent Khit hsan thu: Culture, Nation, and Masculinity on Trial......Page 155
Conclusion......Page 175
Notes......Page 183
Glossary of Frequently Used Burmese Terms......Page 213
Bibliography......Page 217
Index......Page 241

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