Female Voice of Myanmar - Khin Myo Chit to Aung San Suu Kyi

Informationen zum Autor Nilanjana Sengupta is Visiting Scholar at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. She is the author of A Gentleman's Word: The Legacy of Subhas Chandra Bose in Southeast Asia. Her research interests are feminist awakening in Southeast Asia, cultural exchanges between Asian nations and the Indian subcontinent and questions of integration, identity and hybridity of borrowed cultures. Klappentext The Female Voice of Myanmar seeks to offer a female perspective on the history and political evolution of Myanmar. Zusammenfassung Delving into the lives of four of Myanmar's most dynamic women - Khi Myo Chit! Ludu Daw Amar! Ma Thida and Aung San Suu Kyi - The Female Voice of Myanmar offers a female perspective on the history and political evolution of Myanmar. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; Glossary; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Khin Myo Chit: the voice of a closet feminist; 2. Ludu Daw Amar: the voice of unity; 3. Ma Thida: the voice of hidden truths and changing times; 4. Aung San Suu Kyi: the voice of a pragmatic; Annexure I. Chronology of Khin Myo Chit's publications; Annexure II. Chronology of Ludu Daw Amar's publications; Annexure III. Chronology of Ma Thida's publications; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Nilanjana Sengupta, Sengupta Nilanjana
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9781107117860
• ISBN: 978-1-107-11786-0
• No. of pages: 407
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Myanmar, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, International Relations, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Feminism & feminist theory, Comparative Politics, Literature: history & criticism, Politics and government, Political science and theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Literature: history and criticism, Myanmar (Burma)