TAl CULTURE

Interdisciplinary Tai Studies Series

Vol. 19: Women and Gender in Tai Societies

Guest Editor of this volume: Cholthira Sadyawadhna

this volume is dedicated to the memory of Gehan Wijeyewardene

3 editorial

articles

5 Cholthira Satyawadhna THE FEMININE TIME AND WOMEN’S SPACE

12 Barbara Watson Andaya LOCALIZING THE UNIVERSAL:

Women, Motherhood and the Appeal of

Early Theravāda Buddhism

44 Monica Lindberg Falk THAI BUDDHIST NUNS’ SOCIAL
ENGAGEMENT IN PROCESSES OF
RELIGIOUS CHANGE

51 Bernard FORMOSO TAI WOMEN IN THE EUROPEAN TRAVELS’

ACCOUNTS OF THE YEARS 1860-1890

61 Fang-Tzu Yen ON THE SEXUALITY AND REPRODUCTION
OF THE KAM PEOPLE

78 David B. Wangsgard GENDER RELATIONS AND MASCULINITY

AMONG THE NUNG FAN SLINH:

Rethinking Gender Equality in Southeast Asia

117 Kwan-Isara Chatvanichkul PROSTITUTION AND GENDER-BASED DIVISION OF LABOUR
IN THAILAND

121 Cholthira Satyawadhna THAI-BUDDHIST LEADERSHIP AND

MUSLIM GRASSROOTS WOMEN IN THE
WAR ON ‘TERRORISM’:
The Southern Thailand Crisis

130 Virada Somswasdi THE POWER OF LAW AND WOMEN'S
PRESENCE IN THE THAKSIN ERA

142 Virada Somswasdi LEGAL CONTRADICTION ON ABORTION
IN THAILAND

146 Chanokporn Angsuviriya IDEOLOGY OF FEMININITY IN
SATRISARN MAGAZINE

156 Linda S. McIntosh COMING OF AGE: Phuthai Women and
Textile Production in Laos

160 Phiulavan Luangvanna ON LAO FEMALE WRITERS

163 Ning Phupasuk ON THE FEMALE IN LAO RITUAL AND

TAI THOUGHT

165 LUONG Thi Thu Hang BLACK TAI WOMEN IN VIETNAM AND
THE PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL

IDENTITY DURING THE DOIMOI PERIOD

183 Abigaël Pesses WOMEN ABILITIES.

Feminism and the Ethics of Sustainable
Development among Karen Highlanders

presentation of research projects

197 Kanokrat Yossakrai COMMUNITY POWER AND INTEGRATION FOR “SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY”: Cases of Buddhist, Muslim, and Akha Communities in Thailand

200 Pakdeekul Ratana IMAGES OF “NORTHERN WOMEN”
IN THAILAND IN THE 19^th CENTURY

book presentation

202 P. Askerud and Anders Poulsen

R. A. Engelhardt CHILDBIRTH AND TRADITION IN
NORTHEAST THAILAND: Fourty Years of

Development and Cultural Change.

book reviews

205 Jana Igunma (in German) Carol Ireson-Doolittle/Geraldine Moreno-Black

THE LAO. Gender, Power, and Livelihood

207 Jana Igunma Susan Conway

THE SHAN: Culture, Art and Crafts

210 Roger Casas Andrew Turton and Volker Grabowsky (eds.)
THE GOLD AND SILVER ROAD
OF TRADE AND FRIENDSHIP

The McLeod and Richardson Diplomatic Missions to Tai States in 1837

film presentation

212 Cara Mertes SACRIFICE (director: Ellen Bruno)

conference presentation

214 - BREAKING THE BONDS 061124

Unravelling the Myths of Southeast Asian Historiography
A Symposium in honor of Barend Jan Terwiel

215 - Thai Language and Literature, BKK 061110

217 - Chiang Hung, Yunnan 061005

future conferences

217 2^nd Intl. Lao Studies Conference 070503

218 selected bibliography

224 scheme

“Tai Culture” or the baan-müang system