Bewitching women, pious men: gender and body politics in southeast asia
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520088610
Date de publication :
7 sept. 1995
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
408 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
An 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, it provides ways of understanding how gender intersects with local, national, and transnational forms of knowledge and power.