Rethinking community in Myanmar practices of we-formation among Muslims and Hindus in urban Yangon
"In this first anthropological study of Muslim and Hindu lives in urban Myanmar today, Judith Beyer develops the concept of "we-formation" to demonstrate that individuals are always more than members of wider groups. "We-formation" complements her rich political, legal, and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Honolulu
University of Hawaiʻi Press
[2024], 2024
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "In this first anthropological study of Muslim and Hindu lives in urban Myanmar today, Judith Beyer develops the concept of "we-formation" to demonstrate that individuals are always more than members of wider groups. "We-formation" complements her rich political, legal, and historical analysis of "community," a term used by Beyer's interlocutors themselves, even as it reinforces ethno-religious stereotypes and their own minority status. The book also offers an interpretation of the dynamics of resistance to the attempted military coup of 2021"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 0824898087 0824898095 0824898079 |