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The authority of influence : women and power in Burmese history / Jessica Harriden.
- Title
- The authority of influence : women and power in Burmese history / Jessica Harriden.
- Author
- Harriden, Jessica.
- Publication
- Copenhagen : NIAS (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies) Press, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 370 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Gendering Asia series ; no. 7
- Uniform Title
- Gendering Asia no. 7.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-351) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface; Abbreviations; The ambiguous status of women in Burmese society; Religion, royalty, marriage and motherhood: images of female power in classical and pre-modern Burma; Powerful women of the Konbaung Dynasty; The impact of colonialism and nationalism on women; Social workers, beauty queens and insurgents: from independence to military rule; The decline in women's status under military rule; Aung San Suu Kyi's political influence and moral power; Women's 'advancement' under the SLORC and SPDC; Women's organisations in exile: new expressions of female power; Epilogue; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
- ISBN
- 9788776940881 (hbk.)
- 8776940888 (hbk.)
- 9788776940898 (pbk.)
- 8776940896 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 751736956
- SCSB-12861056
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library