Burmese lives : ordinary life stories under the Burmese regime / edited by Wen-Chin Chang, Eric Tagliacozzo.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York: Oxford University Press, 2014Description: viii, 268 pages : map ; 24 cmISBN: 9780199335039 (hardback : alk. paper); 0199335036 (hardback : alk. paper); 9780199335046 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0199335044 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Burma | Burma -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 920.0591Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 920.0591 CHA/C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P43266 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Burmese lives in a divided state / Eric Tagliacozzo and Wen-Chin Chang -- The extra-ordinariness of ordinary lives / Mandy Sadan -- The Kayan Padaung community in Pekhon, southern Shan State, Burma / Pascal Khoo-Thwe -- A woman of mediation / Bénédicte Brac de La Perrière -- Burmese and Muslim : Islam and the hajj in the sangha state / Eric Tagliacozzo -- Recounting, resistance, and reflection : an analysis of a Burmese classical musician's narrative / Hsin-chun Tasaw Lu -- Dr. U Tin Win, escape artist / James Scott -- The Maung Aye's legacy : Burmese and Moken encounters in the southern borderlands of Myanmar, 1987-2007 / Maxime Boutry -- By sea and by land : stories of two Chinese traders / Wen-Chin Chang -- A mixed identity, a mixed career / Ma Thida -- At the community's service : a transformational life / Karin Eberhardt -- From the "loyal" to the "revolutionary" Karen : looking at Burma's post-independent eras through the life of Maung Sin Kye / Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung.
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