Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century / / ed. by Monique Skidmore.

This is the first study in a half century of one of the least known societies in the contemporary world. Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century provides insight into the everyday lives, concerns, and values of the people of this reclusive nation. Prominent anthropologists and religion scholars with i...

詳細記述

保存先:
書誌詳細
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
MitwirkendeR:
HerausgeberIn:
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2005]
©2005
出版年:2005
言語:English
オンライン・アクセス:
物理的記述:1 online resource (312 p.)
タグ: タグ追加
タグなし, このレコードへの初めてのタグを付けませんか!
目次:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction: Burma at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
  • Part 1: Spirituality, Pilgrimage, and Economics
  • 2. The Cheaters: Journey to the Land of the Lottery
  • 3. Women's Practices of Renunciation in the Age of Sāsana Revival
  • 4. The Taungbyon Festival: Locality and Nation-Confronting in the Cult of the 37 Lords
  • 5. Respected Grandfather, Bless This Nissan: Benevolent and Politically Neutral Bo Bo Gyi
  • Part 2: Political and Moral Legitimation
  • 6. Buddhist Visions of Moral Authority and Modernity in Burma
  • 7. Sacralizing or Demonizing Democracy? Aung San Suu Kyi's "Personality Cult"
  • 8. The Chicken and the Scorpion: Rumor, Counternarratives, and the Political Uses of Buddhism
  • Part 3: Public Performance
  • 9. Writing in a Crazy Way: Literary Life in Contemporary Urban Burma
  • 10. "But Princes Jump!": Performing Masculinity in Mandalay
  • 11. Who's Performing What? State Patronage and the Transformation of Burmese Music
  • Part 4: The Domestic Domain
  • 12. The Future of Burma: Children Are Like Jewels
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index