| Description |
xiv, 498 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Recasting sex, gender, and power : a theoretical and regional overview / Shelly Errington -- How gender makes a difference in Wana society / Jane Monnig Atkinson -- Gender and performance in Meratus dispute settlement / Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing -- Speaking of gender in Java / Ward Keeler -- Talking about troubles : gender differences in Weyéwa ritual speech use / Joel C. Kuipers -- Theatrical imagery and gender ideology in Java / Barbara Hatley -- Balinese twins times two : gender, birth order and "househood " in Indonesia/Indo-Europe / James A. Boon -- Both nature and culture : reflections on menstrual and parturitional taboos in Huaulu (Seram) / Valerio Valeri -- Doubling deities, descent and personhood : an exploration of Kodi gender categories / Janet Hoskins -- The symbolic representation of women in a changing Batak culture / Susan Rodgers -- Collision of cultures : historical reformulations of gender in the lowland Visayas, Philippines / Cristina Blanc-Szanton -- Japanese factories, Malay workers : class and sexual metaphors in West Malaysia / Aihwa Ong |
| Notes |
"Sponsored by the Joint Committee on Southeast Asia of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council." |
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Papers from a conference held Dec. 13, 1983 in Princeton, N.J |
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Spine title: Power & difference |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [459]-488) and index |
| Subject |
Power (Social sciences)
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Power (Social sciences) -- Congresses.
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Sex role -- Southeast Asia -- Congresses.
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Sex role -- Southeast Asia.
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| SUBJECT |
Asia, Southeastern -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117018 -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533
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Asia, Southeastern -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117018
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Atkinson, Jane Monnig.
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Errington, Shelly, 1944-
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Joint Committee on Southeast Asia.
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| LC no. |
89078330 |
| ISBN |
0804717796 (paperback) |
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0804717818 (alk. paper) |
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