Bewitching Women, Pious Men: Gender and Body Politics in Southeast Asia

by Aihwa Ong

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This impressive array of essays considers the contingent and shifting meanings of gender and the body in contemporary Southeast Asia. By analyzing femininity and masculinity as fluid processes rather than social or biological givens, the authors provide new ways of understanding how gender intersects with local, national, and transnational forms of knowledge and power. Contributors cut across disciplinary boundaries and draw on fresh fieldwork and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520088611

ISBN13:9780520088610

Release Date:September 1995

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:314 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Asia Cultural Gay & Lesbian History Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Southeast Asia Specific Demographics Women's Studies

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