- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 188 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Uniform Title
- Woman between two kingdoms (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Woman between two kingdoms (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-179) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2020029372
- OCLC
- ssj0002451493
- Author
Castro-Woodhouse, Leslie, 1968-
- Title
Woman between two kingdoms [electronic resource] : Dara Rasami and the making of modern Thailand / Leslie Castro-Woodhouse.
- Imprint
Ithaca [New York] : Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-179) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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