1. Introduction 2. Print Media and Women Journalists, Editors, and Writers 3. Women’s Education 4. The Creation of the Burma Women’s Army 5. Disbanding the Army and Communist Women 6. Women and Modernity 7. Marginalized Women in the Making of the ‘Burman’ Nation Epilogue
Biography
Tharaphi Than is Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Northern Illinois University.
'A landmark, gendered history from below that takes on and refutes the easy clichés about the women in Burma. An eye-opening, rich, nearly comprehensive,documented, and critical account of women in literature, war, politics, sex work, education and health. Tharaphi Than's achievement here will be the point of departure for all subsequent studies of women in Burma.' – James C. Scott (aka Shwe Yoe), Sterling Professor of Political Science and Anthropology, Yale University, USA
"Women in Modern Burma by Tharaphi Than offers very interesting insights on the status of women in Myanmar society. It fills a gap in literature on Myanmar and it should trigger the writing of more books on the status of women in Myanmar and other topics related to this emerging country". - Patricia Ordonez de Pablos, Universidad de Oviedo,Spain, International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management
