Women and the Contested State: Religion, Violence, and Agency in South and Southeast Asia - Couverture souple

 
9780268041267: Women and the Contested State: Religion, Violence, and Agency in South and Southeast Asia
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0268041261 ISBN 13 : 9780268041267
Editeur : University of Notre Dame Press, 2007

Synopsis

Throughout South and Southeast Asia, groups battle over definitions of identity--in direction and character--for their state, a struggle complicated by the legacy of colonialism. The contributors to this volume explore the intricate, dynamic relationships that pertain between women's agency and the state-making institutions and armed forces of Kashmir, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Burma (Myanmar). They also address the complex roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Theravada Buddhism in these postcolonial dynamics.

In particular, the contributors examine religion as a way of understanding how women's agency is constituted, created, and constrained during times of conflict with the state and other armed actors, such as guerilla groups and paramilitaries. These essays at the intersection of gender, religion, and peace studies will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students who study conflict and hope for peace in South and Southeast Asia.

Contributors: Monique Skidmore, Peter van der Veer, Veena Das, Betty Joseph, Yasmin Saikia, Patricia Lawrence, Alexandra Argenti-Pillen, Mangalika de Silva, Ingrid Jordt, and Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière.

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À propos des auteurs

Monique Skidmore is a Fellow in the Research School of Humanities and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University. She is the author and editor of numerous books and articles, including Burma at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century.



Patricia Lawrence teaches peace and conflict studies and anthropology at the University of Colorado. She is the author and co-author of a number of books and scholarly articles, including the forthcoming Intervention Before Violence.

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Éditeur
University of Notre Dame Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0268041261
ISBN 13 
9780268041267
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
274
Éditeur
Skidmore Monique, Lawrence Patricia
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780268041250: Women and the Contested State: Religion, Violence, and Agency in South and Southeast Asia

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0268041253 ISBN 13 :  9780268041250
Editeur : University of Notre Dame Press, 2007
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