Striking new insights into understanding community in Myanmar. In this first anthropological study of Muslim and Hindu lives in urban Myanmar today, Beyer develops the concept of 'we-formation' to demonstrate that individuals are always more than members of wider groups.We-formation' complements her rich political, legal and historical analysis of 'community', a term used by Beyer's interlocutors themselves, even as it reinforces ethno-religious stereotypes and their own minority status. The book also offers an interpretation of the dynamics of resistance to the attempted military coup of 2021.
| ISBN: | 9788776943264 |
| Publication date: | 1st March 2023 |
| Author: | Judith Beyer |
| Publisher: | NIAS Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 328 pages |
| Series: | NIAS Monographs |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Social groups: religious groups and communities Urban communities |
Striking new insights into understanding community in Myanmar. In this first anthropological study of Muslim and Hindu lives in urban Myanmar today, Beyer develops the concept of 'we-formation' to demonstrate that individuals are always more than members of wider groups.We-formation' complements her rich political, legal and historical analysis of 'community', a term used by Beyer's interlocutors themselves, even as it reinforces ethno-religious stereotypes and their own minority status. The book also offers an interpretation of the dynamics of resistance to the attempted military coup of 2021.
Rethinking Community in Myanmar features in the following genres: Social and cultural anthropology, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Urban communities
Rethinking Community in Myanmar is available in Hardback, Paperback
Rethinking Community in Myanmar was written by Judith Beyer and published by NIAS Press
Rethinking Community in Myanmar has 328 pages
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