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Author Castro-Woodhouse, Leslie, 1968- author

Title Woman between two kingdoms : Dara Rasami and the making of modern Thailand / Leslie Castro-Woodhouse
Published Ithaca [New York] : Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020

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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
Analysis Thai royal concubines, Siam royal consorts, women in Thai history, Lanna history, Thai crypto-colonialism, King Chulalongkorn's reign
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Sex role -- Political aspects -- Thailand -- History -- 19th century
Sex role -- Political aspects -- Thailand -- History -- 20th century
Polygyny -- Thailand -- History -- 19th century
Polygyny -- Thailand -- History -- 20th century
Ethnicity -- Thailand -- History -- 19th century
Ethnicity -- Thailand -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
Ethnicity
Polygyny
Sex role -- Political aspects
Thailand
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020029373
ISBN 9781501755521
1501755528
9781501755514
150175551X