Of Palm Wine, Women and War : : The Mongolian Naval Expedition to Java in the 13th Century / / David Bade.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Bade, David,
• MitwirkendeR: Bade, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface to the revised edition --; Preface to the first edition --; A note on transcription --; Introduction: Views from the other side --; Part I: A History: The Mongol Campaign in Java --; Part II: Stories and Histories --; Part III: Meaning and Truth in Histories --; Conclusion: misunderstandings and meanings --; Appendices --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789814517836; 9783110649772; 9783111024707; 9783110663006; 9783110606683
• DOI: 10.1355/9789814517836
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: David Bade.

What would a history that put women at the centre of the rise and fall of kingdoms be like? When the armies of Khubilai arrived on Java in 1293, they found themselves in the middle of two warring states. Two historical traditions developed concerning the ensuing events: the official Chinese dynastic records in which no women are mentioned, and a number of Javanese histories and poems in which everything depends upon the actions and fates of certain women. The Chinese account has long been regarded as factual, whilst the Javanese versions have been dismissed as mere romance, their women stereotypical representations of male fantasies. But what happens if the women and the narratives about them are taken seriously rather than dismissed? Of Palm Wine, Women and War offers just such a reading.