Karaoke Fascism : Burma and the Politics of Fear /

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To come to Burma, one of the few places where despotism still dominates, is to take both a physical and an emotional journey and, like most Burmese, to become caught up in the daily management of fear. Based on Monique Skidmore's experiences living in the capital city of Rangoon, Karaoke Fascis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Skidmore, Monique (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2012]
Colección:The Ethnography of Political Violence
Temas:
Government, Resistance to > Burma > Psychological aspects.
Government, Resistance to > Psychological aspects.
Human rights > Burma.
Oppression (Psychology) > Political aspects > Burma.
Oppression (Psychology) > Political aspects.
Subversive activities > Burma.
Human Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Anthropology.
Folklore.
Law.
Linguistics.
Political Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Map
  • Chapter 1. Rangoon: End of Strife
  • Chapter 2. Bombs, Barricades, and the Urban Battlefield
  • Chapter 3. Darker Than Midnight: Fear, Vulnerability, and Terror-Making
  • Chapter 4. Sometimes a Cigar Is Just a Cigar
  • Chapter 5. The Veneer of Modernity
  • Chapter 6. The Veneer of Conformity
  • Chapter 7. The Tension of Absurdity
  • Chapter 8. Fragments of Misery: The People of the New Fields
  • Chapter 9. The Forest of Time
  • Chapter 10. Going to Sleep with Karaoke Culture
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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