In many Southeast Asian countries, anti-colonial nationalist
struggles provided the first arena in which women began to be
involved in politics. In post-colonial times nationalism continues
to offer women opportunities for political activity. Yet books on
Southeast Asian nationalist movements make very little - if any -
mention of women in their ranks. Biographical studies of
politically active women in Southeast Asia are also rare. Women in
Southeast Asian Nationalist Movements is therefore groundbreaking
both in highlighting the roles of women in nationalist movements in
the region and in taking a biographical approach. In this book,
experts on 7 countries examine the experiences of 12 women who have
been active in nationalist movements in Southeast Asia. The women
selected for study range from well known to little known, and the
nationalist movements in which they have been involved date from
the early 20th century to the present day. The chapters show women
negotiating their own subjectivity and agency at the confluence of
colonialism, patriarchal traditions, and modern ideals of national
and personal emancipation. We gain a sense of the constraints
imposed on them by wider social and political structures, and of
what it was like to live in their given time and place.
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