Memories of Burmese Rohingya Refugees : Contested Identity and Belonging

This book provides a critical analysis of the Rohingya refugees' identity building processes and how this is closely linked to the state-building process of Myanmar as well as issues of marginalization, statelessness, forced migration, exile life, and resistance of an ethnic minority. With a fo...

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Main Author Farzana, Kazi Fahmida (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Ethnology > Asia.
Social history.
Asia > Politics and government.
Political sociology.
Emigration and immigration.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781137583604
DOI10.1057/978-1-137-58360-4
Physical DescriptionXXV, 262 p. 24 illus., 8 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • 1: Introduction
  • 2: The historical and politico-military context of the border
  • 3: The refugee problem from an official account
  • 4: Reconstructions of social memory by refugees
  • 5: Everyday life in refugee camps
  • 6: Music and Art as symbols of identity and everyday resistance
  • 7: Conclusion.

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