Skidmore, Monique.

Karaoke Fascism : Burma and the Politics of Fear. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (261 pages) - The Ethnography of Political Violence Series . - The Ethnography of Political Violence Series .

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Rangoon: End of Strife -- 2. Bombs, Barricades, and the Urban Battlefield -- 3. Darker Than Midnight: Fear, Vulnerability, and Terror-Making -- 4. Sometimes a Cigar Is Just a Cigar -- 5. The Veneer of Modernity -- 6. The Veneer of Conformity -- 7. The Tension of Absurdity -- 8. Fragments of Misery: The People of the New Fields -- 9. The Forest of Time -- 10. Going to Sleep with Karaoke Culture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.

The first in-depth ethnography of the brutal regime in Burma.

9780812204766


Oppression (Psychology)-Political aspects-Burma.
Human rights-Burma.
Subversive activities-Burma.
Government, Resistance to-Burma-Psychological aspects.
Burma-Politics and government-1988-.


Electronic books.

DS530.65 -- .S59 2004eb

959.105