The Southeast Asian Woman Writes Back Gender, Identity and Nation in the Literatures of Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chin, Grace V. S. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mohd Daud, Kathrina (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Asia in Transition, 6
• Subjects: Sociology.; Comparative literature.; Culture-Study and teaching.; Cultural studies.; Gender Studies.; Comparative Literature.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; Cultural Studies.

This collection of essays examines how Southeast Asian women writers engage with the grand narratives of nationalism and the modern nation-state by exploring the representations of gender, identity and nation in the postcolonial literatures of Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and t...

Table of Contents:

• Love, Penetration and the Nation: Angela Manalang Gloria's "Revolt for the Hymen"
• Women Writing Wayang: A Comparative Study of Fictional Interventions in Mythology and National History in Post-Reform Indonesia
• Women in Urban Spaces in Singapore: Cisgender and Transgender Women in the works of Suchen Christine Lim and Alfian Sa'at
• State Motherhood and the United Family: Polygamous Bodies and the Patriarchal Nation in Contemporary Indonesian Literature
• Female Subjectivities in the Time of Authoritarian Rule.