Living silence : Burma under military rule  in Thailand

Christina Fink

Through this wide-ranging survey of Burmese society, we begin to understand what it means to be governed by a repressive military dictatorship. We also learn about the innovative forms of resistance of some courageous Burmese. The author explores the remarkable range of strategies and techniques which the military regime has used to maintain itself in power in defiance of the popular will. She resents the political history of the country since independence in 1948, including the 1988 nation-wide pro-democracy demonstrations, the 1990 elections and more recent political developments. She takes in a wide diversity of people and communities, including, students who have played such a prominent part in the opposition, ordinary soldiers unhappy with what the armed forces are doing to their country, religious figures, the artistic community, and political prisoners. She concludes by examining the internationalisation of Burma's politics by both the regime and the opposition.

「Nielsen BookData」より

[目次]

  • Historical legacies - spirits, martyrs and imperialists
  • 1962-1988 - the Ne Win years
  • breaking the silence - 1988-90
  • military rule continues
  • families - fostering conformity
  • communities - going with the flow
  • the military - a life sentence
  • prison -"life university"
  • education - floating books and bathroom tracts
  • the artistic community - in the dark, every cat is black
  • religion and magic - disappearing jewels and poltergeists
  • the internationalisation of Burma's politics
  • conclusion - a different Burma.

「Nielsen BookData」より

この本の情報

書名 Living silence : Burma under military rule
著作者等 Fink Christina
巻冊次 in Thailand
出版元 Zed Books;White Lotus;University Press
刊行年月 2001
ページ数 xiii, 286 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 185649926X
9747534681
1856499251
NCID BA54536201
※クリックでCiNii Booksを表示
言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
この本を: 
このエントリーをはてなブックマークに追加

このページを印刷

外部サイトで検索

この本と繋がる本を検索

ウィキペディアから連想