Louise Williams

Wives, Mistresses and Matriarchs

Asian Women Today

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this rich and perceptive book, veteran journalist Louise Williams shatters the myth of the submissive Asian woman of Western lore with her vivid portraits of politicians, callgirls and mistresses, revolutionary heroines, laborers, and business magnates.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780847691395
• ISBN-10: 084769139X
• Artikelnr.: 21606441

Autorenporträt

By Louise Williams

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introducing Yurnilawati: The Only Child (Indonesia) Chapter 2 The
Maid and the Washing Machine (Hong Kong/Philippines) Chapter 3 Splitting
the Bamboo (Philippines) Chapter 4 I Am Not a Prostitute (Philippines)
Chapter 5 A Tale of Four Mothers (Hong Kong) Chapter 6 The Mistress Village
(China) Chapter 7 Her Father's Face (Hong Kong/China) Chapter 8 The
Execution of Nguyen Thi Chien (China) Chapter 9 A Heroine (Vietnam) Chapter
10 The Rear Legs of the Elephant (Thailand) Chapter 11 The Night Bus to
Bangkok (Thailand) Chapter 12 The Girl in the White Mercedes Benz
(Thailand) Chapter 13 Her Father's Daughter (Burma) Chapter 14 Rich Bitch
(Burma) Chapter 15 An Arranged Marriage (Pakistan) Chapter 16 Mothers of
the Uprising (South Korea) Chapter 17 The CEO (South Korea) Chapter 18 The
Love Boat (Singapore) Chapter 19 The Re-education Camp (Laos) Chapter 20
The Only Man in the Cabinet (Sri Lanka) Chapter 21 On Stoning for Adultery
(Indonesia) Chapter 22 The Princess (Indonesia) Chapter 23 Java's Empty
Villages (Indonesia) Chapter 24 Bibliography