Romancing human rights gender, intimacy, and power between Burma and the West

Title
  1. Romancing human rights [electronic resource] : gender, intimacy, and power between Burma and the West / Tamara C. Ho.
Published by
  1. Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, Honolulu in Association with UCLA Asian American Studies Center, Los Angeles, [2015]
Author
  1. Ho, Tamara C., 1969-

Details

Description
  1. 1 online resource (xxvi, 184 pages)
Series statement
  1. Asian and Pacific American transcultural studies
Uniform title
  1. Romancing human rights (Online)
  2. Intersections (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Alternative title
  1. Romancing human rights (Online)
Subject
  1. Ma Ma Leʺ, 1917-1982
  2. Law-Yone, Wendy > Criticism and interpretation
  3. Aung San Suu Kyi > Political and social views
  4. Women, Burmese > Public opinion
  5. Public opinion > English-speaking countries
  6. Women in literature
  7. Burmese literature > Women authors > History and criticism
Contents
  1. From Orwell to Rambo: interracial affiliations and transnational antagonisms in the age of human rights -- The making of a modern Burmese wife: gendering the local and possessive investments in masculinity in Ma Ma Lay's Not out of hate -- "Truth has a witness": postcolonial adjudication, interracial passing, and human rights -- Performative politics of Aung San Suu Kyi (or papa's baby and mama's maybe) -- Wendy Law-Yone: Burmese displacement and co-occupancy in the United States -- Conclusion: diaspora and daughters.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-175) and index.
Access (note)
  1. Access restricted to authorized users.
Author
  1. Ho, Tamara C., 1969-
Title
  1. Romancing human rights [electronic resource] : gender, intimacy, and power between Burma and the West / Tamara C. Ho.
Imprint
  1. Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, Honolulu in Association with UCLA Asian American Studies Center, Los Angeles, [2015]
Series
  1. Asian and Pacific American transcultural studies
  2. Intersections (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-175) and index.
Access
  1. Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
  1. Available from home with a valid library card
  2. Available onsite at NYPL
LCCN
  1. 2014026815
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