The Return of the Galon King : History, Law, and Rebellion in Colonial Burma.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (264 pages)
- Research in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series ; v.124 .
- Research in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series .
Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section I: History -- One: Introduction -- Two: Textualizing Rebellion: Remembering Kings and an Ethnology of Revolt -- Section II: Law -- Three: Legislating Rebellion: Ethnology and the Formation of Counter-Insurgency Law -- Four: Adjudicating Rebellion: The Trial of Saya San -- Five: Codifying Rebellion: Origins of a Resistance Narrative -- Section III: Rebellion -- Six: Interpreting Rebellion: Binary Structures and Colonial Remains -- Seven: Sanctifying Rebellion: Colonial Discourses and Southeast Asian Resistance -- Eight: Remembering Rebellion: Museums, Monks, and the Military -- Bibliography -- Index.
In late 1930, on a secluded mountain overlooking the rural paddy fields of British Burma, a peasant leader named Saya San crowned himself King and inaugurated a series of uprisings that would later erupt into one of the largest anti-colonial rebellions in Southeast Asian history.