Memories of Burmese Rohingya Refugees : Contested Identity and Belonging

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 focus o...

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Main Author: Farzana, Kazi Fahmida (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Subjects:
Emigration and immigration.
Ethnology > Asia.
Political sociology.
Social history.
Social sciences.
Social Sciences.
Asian Culture.
Asian Politics.
Migration.
Political Sociology.
Social History.
Politics and government.
Ethnology.
Asia > Politics and government.
Asia.
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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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