Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century 9780824861728

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Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century 9780824861728

Table of contents :
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

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