Exploring Ethnic Diversity in Burma - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 8791114969 ISBN 13 : 9788791114960

Editeur : NIAS Press, 2007

Synopsis

While the image of modern Myanmar/Burma tends to be couched in human rights terms - and especially of a heroic Aung San Suu Kyi opposing an oppressive military regime - in reality there are several conflicts with ethnic and religious dimensions, as well as political and ideological differences between the opposition and the ruling military regime. This is not surprising in a country where 30 per cent of the population and much of the land area are non-Burman, and where contradictory tendencies towards regional separatism versus unitary rule have divided the people since before independence. In what is probably the most comprehensive study of Burma's ethnic minorities to date, this volume discusses the historical formation of ethnic identity and its complexities in relation to British colonial rule as well as to the modern State, the present situation of military rule and its policy of 'myanmarfication'. Changes of identity in exile and due to religious conversion are analysed and discussed. Finally, the book deals with relevant and recent anthropological and sociological theoretical discussions on the ethnic identity, boundaries and space of all the main ethnic groups in Burma. It probes into the complexity and diversity and it provides more details and up-to-date information than previously collected in one volume.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mikael Gravers is an anthropologist now retired from the University of Aarhus but still active. Widely respected for his research on Burmese issues (especially on the Karen of Burma and Thailand).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: NIAS Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8791114969
• ISBN 13: 9788791114960
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Éditeur: Gravers Mikael
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible