The Flaming Womb: Repositioning Women in Early Modern Southeast Asia

by Barbara Watson Andaya

Book Overview

"The Princess of the Flaming Womb," the Javanese legend that introduces this pioneering study, symbolizes the many ambiguities attached to femaleness in Southeast Asian societies. Yet despite these... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824829557
• ISBN13: 9780824829551
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.0"