Fink, Christina

Living silence in Burma: surviving under military rule / Christina Fink - 2nd ed. - Chiang Mai, Thailand: London; New York: Silkworm Books; Zed Books, 2009. - xii, 300 p.: ill., maps; 22 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Living silence. 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-294) and index.

1 Historical legacies
2 The Ne Win years, 1962-88
3 Breaking the silence, 1988-90
4 Military rule continues, 1990-2000
5 The Than Shwe years, 2000 and beyond
6 Families: fostering conformity
7 Communities: going with the flow
8 The military: a life sentence
9 Prison: ’life university’
10 Education: floating books and bathroom tracts
11 The artistic community: in the dark, every cat is black
12 Religion and magic: disappearing jewels and poltergeists
13 The internationalization of Burma’s politics
14 Conclusion: a different Burma

9781848132719 (hb) 9781848132726 (pb) 9789749511817 (pb : Silkworm Books)


Burma--Politics and government
Burma--Politics and government

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