Living silence in Burma: surviving under military rule /
Christina Fink
- 2nd ed.
- Chiang Mai, Thailand: London; New York: Silkworm Books; Zed Books, 2009.
- xii, 300 p.: ill., maps; 22 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Living silence. 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-294) and index.
1 Historical legacies 2 The Ne Win years, 1962-88 3 Breaking the silence, 1988-90 4 Military rule continues, 1990-2000 5 The Than Shwe years, 2000 and beyond 6 Families: fostering conformity 7 Communities: going with the flow 8 The military: a life sentence 9 Prison: ’life university’ 10 Education: floating books and bathroom tracts 11 The artistic community: in the dark, every cat is black 12 Religion and magic: disappearing jewels and poltergeists 13 The internationalization of Burma’s politics 14 Conclusion: a different Burma