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Thailand's foremost writers about women are brought together in this collection of 11 short stories and excerpts from five novels. The selection shows the many ways fiction has mirrored the lives of Thai women over the 20th century.

Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Notes on Transliteration
Introduction

PART ONE: MOTHERS
Contents
Grandmother the Progressive
Junlada Phakdiphumin
Deep in the Heart of a Mother
Wat Wanlayankul
From People of Quality
Dok Mai Sot
From A Child of the Northeast
Kampoon Boontawee
Matsii

PART TWO: WIVES AND LOVERS
Snakes Weep, Flowers Smile
Suwanee Suklwntha
From Behind the Painting
Sri Burapha
From That Woman's Name is Boonrawd
Botan
Deaf Sim
Prabhassorn Sevikul
A Pot That Scouring Will Not Save
Anchan
When She Was a Major Wife
Subha Devakul
Sai-roong's Dream of Love
Sri Dao Ruang
From This Human Vessel
Krisna Asoksin

PART THREE: DAUGHTERS
The Dancing Girl
Ussiri Dhammachoti
Greenie
Manop Thanomsri
A Mote of Dust on the Face of the Earth
Preechapoul Bloonchuay

Appendix: Kings of the Chakri Dynasty
Bibliography
Suggested Reading
Sources of Publications
Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 31/07/1996
      ISBN13: 9780520089037, 978-0520089037
      ISBN10: 0520089030
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      Anthologies & Short Stories Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Thailand's foremost writers about women are brought together in this collection of 11 short stories and excerpts from five novels. The selection shows the many ways fiction has mirrored the lives of Thai women over the 20th century.

      Table of Contents
      Preface
      Acknowledgments
      Notes on Transliteration
      Introduction

      PART ONE: MOTHERS
      Contents
      Grandmother the Progressive
      Junlada Phakdiphumin
      Deep in the Heart of a Mother
      Wat Wanlayankul
      From People of Quality
      Dok Mai Sot
      From A Child of the Northeast
      Kampoon Boontawee
      Matsii

      PART TWO: WIVES AND LOVERS
      Snakes Weep, Flowers Smile
      Suwanee Suklwntha
      From Behind the Painting
      Sri Burapha
      From That Woman's Name is Boonrawd
      Botan
      Deaf Sim
      Prabhassorn Sevikul
      A Pot That Scouring Will Not Save
      Anchan
      When She Was a Major Wife
      Subha Devakul
      Sai-roong's Dream of Love
      Sri Dao Ruang
      From This Human Vessel
      Krisna Asoksin

      PART THREE: DAUGHTERS
      The Dancing Girl
      Ussiri Dhammachoti
      Greenie
      Manop Thanomsri
      A Mote of Dust on the Face of the Earth
      Preechapoul Bloonchuay

      Appendix: Kings of the Chakri Dynasty
      Bibliography
      Suggested Reading
      Sources of Publications
      Index

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