Bewitching women, pious men : gender and body politics in Southeast Asia / edited by Aihwa Ong and Michael G. Peletz.
| Other author | Ong, Aihwa. |
| Other author | Peletz, Michael G. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1995. |
| Description | x, 309 pages : map ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Why women rule the roost : rethinking Javanese ideologies of gender and self-control / Suzanne A. Brenner -- Narrating herself : power and gender in a Minangkabau woman's tale of conflict / Jennifer Krier -- Neither reasonable nor responsible : contrasting representations of masculinity in a Malay society / Michael G. Peletz -- Senior women, model mothers, and dutiful wives : managing gender contradictions in a Minangkabau village / Evelyn Blackwood -- State versus Islam : Malay families, women's bodies, and the body politic in Malaysia / Aihwa Ong -- State fatherhood : the politics of nationalism, sexuality, and race in Singapore / Geraldine Heng and Janadas Devan -- Alternative Filipina heroines : contested tropes in leftist feminisms / Jacqueline Siapno -- Attack of the widow ghosts : gender, death, and modernity in Northeast Thailand / Mary Beth Mills -- Narratives of masculinity and transnational migration : Filipino workers in the Middle East / Jane A. Margold. |
| General note | Based on a conference held at the University of California, Berkeley, in the winter of 1992. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 94022740 |
| ISBN | 0520088603 |
| ISBN | 0520088611 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ1075.5.A785 B49 1995 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |