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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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on Text
  • Introduction
  • PART I Histories
  • 1 The Coming of Village Headship
  • 2 The Last Men of Power
  • 3 The Rise of Village Affairs
  • PART II Making Politics
  • 4 Being the Headman
  • 5 Transmitting Land
  • 6 The Worth of the Big Men
  • 7 Coda Choosing a New Headman
  • Conclusion History, Power and Violence
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index