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

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 v...

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Place / Publishing House:Baltimore, Maryland : : Project Muse,, 2013
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 PDF (ix, 333 pages) :); illustrations, maps.
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of 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.