Women in Southeast Asian Nationalist Movements A Biographical Approach / edited by Susan Blackburn and Helen Ting.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blackburn, Susan, Editor.

Contributor:

Ting, Helen, 1964- editor.

Blackburn, Susan, 1947- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Southeast Asia--History.

Nationalism.

Women--Political activity--Southeast Asia--Biography.

Women.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 PDF (ix, 333 pages) :) illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Singapore NUS Press 2013

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In many Southeast Asian countries, anti-colonial nationalist struggles provided the first arena in which women began to be involved in politics. In post-colonial times nationalism continues to offer women opportunities for political activity. Yet books on Southeast Asian nationalist movements make very little - if any - mention of women in their ranks. Biographical studies of politically active women in Southeast Asia are also rare. "Women in Southeast Asian Nationalist Movements" is therefore groundbreaking both in highlighting the roles of women in nationalist movements in the region and in taking a biographical approach. In this book, experts on 7 countries examine the experiences of 12 women who have been active in nationalist movements in Southeast Asia. The women selected for study range from well known to little known, and the nationalist movements in which they have been involved date from the early 20th century to the present day. The chapters show women negotiating their own subjectivity and agency at the confluence of colonialism, patriarchal traditions, and modern ideals of national and personal emancipation. We gain a sense of the constraints imposed on them by wider social and political structures, and of what it was like to live in their given time and place.

Contents:

Introduction : gendered nationalist movements in Southeast Asia / Susan Blackburn

The life and writings of a patriotic feminist : independent Daw San of Burma / Chie Ikeya

"I die because of my circumstances" : Nguyen Thi Giang and the Viet Nam Quôc Dan Dang / Micheline Lessard

Suyatin Kartowiyono : a nationalist leader of the Indonesian women's movement / Susan Blackburn

Rasuna Said : lioness of the Indonesian independence movement / Sally White

Salud Algabre : a forgotten member of the Philippine Sakdal / Ma. Luisa T. Camagay

Shamsiah Fakeh and Aishah Ghani in Malaya : nationalists in their own right, feminists ahead of their time / Helen Ting

Lily Eberwein : her life and involvement in the anti-cession movement in Sarawak / Welyne J. Jehom

“Minority” women and the revolution in the highlands of Laos : two narratives / Vatthana Pholsena

Bisoi : a veteran of Timor-Leste's independence movement / Sara Niner

Karen nationalism and armed struggle : from the perspective of Zipporah Sein / Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung and Violet Cho

Conclusion : becoming women nationalists / Helen Ting

Abbreviations

Glossary

Bibliography

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-315) and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789971696870

9971696878

OCLC:

867740865

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access