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Routledge Women in Modern Burma (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia)

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Product Description This book challenges the popular notion that Burmese women are powerful and are granted equal rights as men by society. Throughout history Burmese women have been represented as powerful and as having equal status to men by western travellers and scholars alike. National history about women also follows this conjecture. This book explains why actually very few powerful Burmese women exist, and how these few women help construct the notion of the high status of Burmese women, thereby inevitably silencing the majority of ‘unequal’ and disempowered women. One of the underlying questions throughout this book is why a few powerful women feel compelled to defend the notion that women hold privileged positions in Burmese society. Combining historical archives with statistical data published by UN agencies, this book highlights the reality of women’s status in modern Burma. Case studies include why the first Burmese women’s army was disbanded a few months after its establishment; how women writers assessed the conditions of Burmese women and represented their contemporaries in their works; the current state of prostitution; how modern-day sex-workers are trying to find their voice; and how women fared vis-à-vis men in education. Review 'A landmark, gendered history from below that takes on and refutes the easy clichés about the women in Burma. An eye-opening, rich, nearly comprehensive,documented, and critical account of women in literature, war, politics, sex work, education and health. Tharaphi Than's achievement here will be the point of departure for all subsequent studies of women in Burma.' – James C. Scott (aka Shwe Yoe), Sterling Professor of Political Science and Anthropology, Yale University, USA "Women in Modern Burma by Tharaphi Than offers very interesting insights on the status of women in Myanmar society. It fills a gap in literature on Myanmar and it should trigger the writing of more books on the status of women in Myanmar and other topics related to this emerging country". - Patricia Ordonez de Pablos, Universidad de Oviedo,Spain, International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management About the Author Tharaphi Than is Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Northern Illinois University.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0415687578
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 01 November 2013
Listed Since: 10 February 2012

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