Women in modern Burma / Tharaphi Than.
Women in modern Burma / Tharaphi Than.
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Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Call Numbers
GQ 2015/399
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 177 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Print media and women journalists, editors, and writers -- Women's education -- The creation of the Burma Women's Army -- Disbanding the army and communist women -- Women and modernity -- Marginalized women in the making of the "Burman" nation.
Publication information
Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2014.
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Summary
"Presents a comprehensive overview of the role of women in Burmese society from independence in 1948 to the present. It covers women in politics, women writers, working women, marginalised women such as prostitutes, and women's role in the 1940s as freedom fighters and since 1988 as campaigners for political reform. It shows how, although Burmese w...
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Full title
Women in modern Burma / Tharaphi Than.
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General note
Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 88.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
GQ 2015/399
Record Identifier
74VKOjv44jKb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOjv44jKb
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ISBN
0415687578 (hardback)
9780415687577 (hardback)
DDC
305.409591
MMS ID
991022613229702626
