Woman between Two Kingdoms : Dara Rasami and the Making of Modern Thailand / Leslie Castro-Woodhouse.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (198 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501755514
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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.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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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.

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"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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