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OverviewSince independence in 1948, Burma has suffered from many internal conflicts. One of the longest of these has been in the Kachin State, in the far north of the country where Burma has borders with India to the west and China to the east. In Being and Becoming Kachin Mandy Sadan explores the origins of the armed movement that started in 1961 and considers why it has continued for so long. Being and Becoming Kachin places the problems that have led to hostilities between the political heartland of Burma and one of its most important peripheries in a longer perspective than is usually the case. It explains how the experience of globalisation and the geopolitics of competing imperial systems from the late eighteenth century onwards produced and then entrenched the politics of exclusion and resistance. However, it also uses detailed ethnographic research to explore the social and cultural dynamics of Kachin ethno-nationalism as it emerged during this period, providing a rich analysis that goes beyond the purely political. The research draws upon an extensive range of sources, including archival materials in Jinghpaw and an extensive study of ritual and ritual language. Making a wide variety of cross-disciplinary observations, it explains in depth and breadth how a region such as the Kachin State came into being. When combined with detailed local insights into how these experiences contributed to the historical development of modern Kachin ethno-nationalism, Being and Becoming Kachin encourages new ways of thinking about the Kachin region and its history of armed resistance, which has implications for how we understand many similar, troubled borderworlds in Burma and beyond. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mandy Sadan (SOAS University of London)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 4.70cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 1.002kg ISBN: 9780197265550ISBN 10: 0197265553 Pages: 470 Publication Date: 26 September 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Global Histories, Local Exclusions 2: Ritual, Ideology and Politics 3: Boundaries and Borders 4: Militarisation and the Contest of Modernities 5: War and Independence 6: Dimokrasi Prat to Rawt Malan! 7: Violence 8: Virtue 9: Transnational symbols in national spaces: the ideological transformation of the manau ConclusionReviewsbold and exciting scholarship ... Her work skillfully integrates stories of complex historical forces to explain the ways that local, regional, national and global logics of affiliation have become part of everyday lived experiences. Nicholas Farrelly, SOJOURN offers unprecedented opportunity for fresh insights into Kachin studies La Raw Maran, SOJOURN Author InformationMandy Sadan, SOAS University of London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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