Living Silence in Burma
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Living Silence in Burma

Surviving under Military Rule

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eBook - ePub

Living Silence in Burma

Surviving under Military Rule

About this book

Eight years after the first edition of this insightful and highly regarded book, Burma remains one of the most troubled nations in Southeast Asia. While other countries have democratized and prospered, Burma is governed by a repressive military dictatorship and is the second largest producer of heroin in the world. In this exceptionally readable yet scholarly account of Burma today, Christina Fink gives a moving and insightful picture of what life under military rule is like. Through the extensive interviews conducted inside and outside the country, we begin to understand Burma's political and domestic situation and a comprehensive understanding of why military rule has lasted so long. This significantly revised new edition includes material taking the reader up to present day action and accounts, including the impacts of the dramatic 2007 monks' demonstrations, which were coordinated with former student activists and members of Aung San Suu Kyi's party. The book explores the regime's continued attempts to weaken and divide the democratic movement and the ethnic nationalist organizations and explains how the democratic movement and ethnic groups have sought to achieve their goals; in part, by working more closely together.

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Information

Publisher
Zed Books
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781848132726
eBook ISBN
9781848137264

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. About the author
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Illustrations
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Author’s note
  9. Acronyms
  10. Glossary
  11. Maps
  12. Dedication
  13. Introduction
  14. 1. Historical legacies
  15. 2. The Ne Win years, 1962–88
  16. 3. Breaking the silence, 1988–90
  17. 4. Military rule continues, 1990–2000
  18. 5. The Than Shwe years, 2000 and beyond
  19. 6. Families: fostering conformity
  20. 7. Communities: going with the flow
  21. 8. The military: a life sentence
  22. 9. Prison: ‘life university’
  23. 10. Education: floating books and bathroom tracts
  24. 11. The artistic community: in the dark, every cat is black
  25. 12. Religion and magic: disappearing jewels and poltergeists
  26. 13. The internationalization of Burma’s politics
  27. 14. Conclusion: a different Burma
  28. Notes
  29. Bibliography
  30. Index