The Southeast Asian Woman Writes Back: Gender, Identity and Nation in the Literatures of Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines, by Grace V.S. Chin and Kathrina Mohd Daud (eds)

Azalia Muchransyah

doi:10.1163/22134379-17602006

Abstract

The Southeast Asian Woman Writes Back: Gender, Identity and Nation in the Literatures of Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines, by Grace V.S. Chin and Kathrina Mohd Daud (eds)

Highlights

The Southeast Asian Woman Writes Back is comprised of eight chapters written by six women scholars specializing in Southeast Asia
When women write about women writers, their perspectives often challenge the patriarchal male gaze
The male gaze, Laura Mulvey’s term to show the objectification of women on the screen (Mulvey 1975), is countered in this book, as the writers use their female gaze to analyze texts written by Southeast Asian women in poetry, short stories, novels, and film scripts

Summary

Introduction

The Southeast Asian Woman Writes Back is comprised of eight chapters written by six women scholars specializing in Southeast Asia. The male gaze, Laura Mulvey’s term to show the objectification of women on the screen (Mulvey 1975), is countered in this book, as the writers use their female gaze to analyze texts written by Southeast Asian women in poetry, short stories, novels, and film scripts.

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