Spaces of solidarity : Karen activism in the Thailand-Burma borderlands /

"Exploring notions of activism and space as narrated by Karen displaced persons and refugees in the Thai-Burma borderlands, this book looks beyond refugees as passive victims or a 'humanitarian case'. Instead, the book examines the active engagement the Karen have with their persecuti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sharples, Rachel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2020.
Temas:
Karen (Southeast Asian people) > Social conditions.
Karen (Southeast Asian people) > Social networks.
Borderlands > Social aspects > Thailand.
Borderlands > Social aspects > Burma.
Refugees > Thailand.
Refugees > Burma.
Karen (Peuple d'Asie du Sud-Est) > Conditions sociales.
Karen (Peuple d'Asie du Sud-Est) > Réseaux sociaux.
Régions frontalières > Aspect social > Thaïlande.
Régions frontalières > Aspect social > Birmanie.
Réfugiés > Thaïlande.
Réfugiés > Birmanie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Ethnic relations > Political aspects
Refugees
Thailand > Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
Burma > Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
Burma
Thailand
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Spaces of solidarity
  • Movements across space : the Thailand-Burma borderlands as a social construct
  • From buffer zone to friendship bridge : the contemporary context of the Thailand-Burma borderlands
  • By the shade of a tree : scales of resistance, patterns of activism
  • This story is not for myself : paths of connectivity, networks of solidarity
  • 'Symbolic anchors of community' : processes of cultural recovery
  • Conclusion: The space between.

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