Calibrated Engagement : Chronicles of Local Politics in the Heartland of Myanmar /

For decades, the heartland of Myanmar has been configured as a pacified space under military surveillance. A closer look reveals how politics is enacted at distance with the state. Calibrated Engagement weaves together ethnography and history to chronicle the transformation of rural politics in Anya...

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Main Author:	Huard, Stéphen (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2024]
Series:	Asian Anthropologies ; 17
Subjects:	Ethnology > Burma > Monywa (District) Monywa (Burma : District) > History. Monywa (Burma : District) > Politics and government. Monywa (Burma : District) > Rural conditions. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. Electronic books.
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Summary:	For decades, the heartland of Myanmar has been configured as a pacified space under military surveillance. A closer look reveals how politics is enacted at distance with the state. Calibrated Engagement weaves together ethnography and history to chronicle the transformation of rural politics in Anya, the dry lands of central Myanmar. The book presents situations as varied as local elections, inheritance transmissions, land conflicts and ceremonies, to show that politics is about how people calibrate the way they engage with each other.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (336 pages).
ISBN:	9781805396796 180539679X