Woman between Two Kingdoms : Dara Rasami and the Making of Modern Thailand / / Leslie Castro-Woodhouse

• Autore: Castro-Woodhouse Leslie <1968->
• Pubblicazione: Ithaca [New York] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2020; ©2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource)
• Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia; Sex role - Political aspects; Polygyny; Ethnicity; Ethnicity - Thailand - History - 20th century; Ethnicity - Thailand - History - 19th century; Polygyny - Thailand - History - 20th century; Polygyny - Thailand - History - 19th century; Sex role - Political aspects - Thailand - History - 20th century; Sex role - Political aspects - Thailand - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Thailand
• Soggetto genere / forma: History; Electronic books.
• Soggetto non controllato: Thai royal concubines, Siam royal consorts, women in Thai history, Lanna history, Thai crypto-colonialism, King Chulalongkorn's reign
• Nota di contenuto: Introducing Lan Na, the inland constellation, and Siam -- Dara Rasami's career in the Siamese royal palace -- Performing identity and ethnicity in the Siamese court -- Inventing Lan Na "tradition" and Dara Rasami's legacy -- Intertwined fates: monarchy, women's bodies, and the Thai state.
• Sommario/riassunto: "A study of Princess Dara Rasami, one of 153 royal consorts to the king of Thailand, that reveals the central roles played by women in the political dynamics of both the nascent Thai nation and Southeast Asia, shedding light on ethnic difference and gender relations in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Thailand"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Woman between Two Kingdoms
• ISBN: 1-5017-5552-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996440647703316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno