Burma at the turn of the twenty-first century / edited by Monique Skidmore.

Other author Skidmore, Monique.
Format Book
Publication InfoHonolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©2005.
Descriptionvii, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Ethnology--Burma.
Burma--Social conditions.
Burma--Politics and government. --1962-1988.
Burma--Politics and government. --1988-.
Burma--Social life and customs.

Contents Introduction: Burma at the turn of the twenty-first century / Monique Skidmore -- Part 1: Spirituality, pilgrimage, and economics. The cheaters: journey to the land of the lottery / Guillaume Rozenberg -- Women's practices of renunciation in the age of Sāsana revival / Ingrid Jordt -- The Taungbyon Festival: locality and nation-confronting in the Cult of the 37 Lords / Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière -- 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 or demonizing democracy? Aung San Suu Kyi's "personality cult" / Gustaaf Houtman -- The 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 tranformation of Burmese music / Gavin Douglas -- Part 4: The domestic domain. The future of Burma: children are like jewels / Monique Skidmore.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-285) and index.
LCCN 2005003440
ISBN0824828577 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0824828976 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780824828578
ISBN9780824828974

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Joyner General Stacks GN635.B8 B87 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold