| Description |
vii, 304 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-285) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Burma at the turn of the twenty-first century / Monique Skidmore -- PART 1 : SPIRITUALITY, PILGRIMAGE, AND ECONOMICS -- Cheaters : journey to the land of the lottery / Guillaume Rozenberg -- Women's practices of renunciation in the age of Sasana revival / Ingrid Jordt -- Taungbyon Festival : locality and nation-confronting in the cult of the 37 lords / Benedicte Brac de la Perriere -- Respected grandfather, bless this Nissan : benevolent and politically neutral Bo Bo Gyi / Mandy Sadan -- PART 2 : POLITICAL AND MORAL LEGITIMATION -- Buddhist visions of moral authority and modernity in Burma / Juliane Schober -- Sacralizing of demonizing democracy? Aung San Suu Kyi's "personality cult" / Gustaaf Houtman -- Chicken and the scorpion : rumor, counternarratives, and the political uses of Buddhism / Keiko Tosa -- PART 3 : PUBLIC PERFORMANCE -- Writing in a crazy way : literary life in contemporary urban Burma / Jennifer Leehey -- "But princes jump!" : performing masculinity in Mandalay / Ward Keeler -- Who's performing what? State patronage and the transformation of Burmese music / Gavin Douglas -- PART 4 : THE DOMESTIC DOMAIN -- Future of Burma : children are like jewels / Monique Skidmore. |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Burma.
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Burma -- Social conditions.
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Burma -- Politics and government -- 1962-1988.
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Burma -- Politics and government -- 1988-
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Burma -- Social life and customs.
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| Added Author |
Skidmore, Monique.
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| ISBN |
0824828577 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0824828976 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
9780824828578 |
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9780824828974 |
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