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Women Warriors in Southeast Asia

Women Warriors in Southeast Asia

Rettig, Frederik
Lanzona, Vina

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

Technology & EngineeringAsian American StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1138829358
ISBN13: 9781138829350
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jan 23 2020
Pages: 306
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.40
Language: English

This book brings together a wide range of case studies to explore the experiences and significance of women warriors in Southeast Asian history from ancient to contemporary times.

Using a number of sources, including royal chronicles, diaries, memoirs and interviews, the book discusses why women warriors were active in a domain traditionally preserved for men, and how they arguably transgressed peacetime gender boundaries as agents of violence. From multidisciplinary perspectives, the chapters assess what drove women to take on a variety of roles, namely palace guards, guerrillas and war leaders, and to what extent their experiences were different to those of men. The reader is taken on an almost 1,500-year long journey through a crossroads region well-known for the diversity of its peoples and cultures, but also their ability to creatively graft foreign ideas onto existing ones. The book also explores the re-integration of women into post-conflict Southeast Asian societies, including the impact (or lack thereof) of newly established international norms, and the frequent turn towards pre-conflict gender roles in these societies.

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