Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: New Perspectives in SE Asian Studies
ISBN: 978-0-299-33300-3
Verlag: UNIV OF WISCONSIN PR
Based on close readings of Shan-language media and years of ethnographic research in a community of soldiers and their families, Jane M. Ferguson details the origins of these movements and tells the story of the Shan in their own voices. She shows how the Shan have forged a homeland and identity during great upheaval by using state building as an ongoing project of resistance, resilience, and accommodation within both countries. In avoiding a good/bad moral binary and illuminating cultural complexities, Repossessing Shanland offers a fresh perspective on identity formation, transformation, and how people understand and experience borderlands today.