TY - BOOK AU - Bade,David AU - Bade,David TI - Of Palm Wine, Women and War: The Mongolian Naval Expedition to Java in the 13th Century SN - 9789814517829 AV - DS646.27 PY - 2013///] CY - Singapore : PB - ISEAS Publishing, KW - Java (Indonesia)--History--Mongol Invasion, 1293 KW - Java (Indonesia)--History--Mongol invasion, 1293--Historiography KW - Javanese literature KW - History and criticism KW - Javanese literature--History and criticism KW - Kublai Khan, 1216-1294--In literature KW - Mongols KW - Indonesia KW - Java KW - Historiography KW - Mongols--Indonesia--Java--Historiography KW - HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface to the revised edition --; Preface to the first edition --; A note on transcription --; Introduction: Views from the other side --; Part I: A History: The Mongol Campaign in Java --; Part II: Stories and Histories --; Part III: Meaning and Truth in Histories --; Conclusion: misunderstandings and meanings --; Appendices --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access N2 - What would a history that put women at the centre of the rise and fall of kingdoms be like? When the armies of Khubilai arrived on Java in 1293, they found themselves in the middle of two warring states. Two historical traditions developed concerning the ensuing events: the official Chinese dynastic records in which no women are mentioned, and a number of Javanese histories and poems in which everything depends upon the actions and fates of certain women. The Chinese account has long been regarded as factual, whilst the Javanese versions have been dismissed as mere romance, their women stereotypical representations of male fantasies. But what happens if the women and the narratives about them are taken seriously rather than dismissed? Of Palm Wine, Women and War offers just such a reading UR - https://doi.org/10.1355/9789814517836 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789814517836 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789814517836/original ER -