Karaoke Fascism: Burma and the Politics of Fear

by Monique Skidmore

Book Overview

To come to Burma, one of the few places where despotism still dominates, is to take both a physical and an emotional journey and, like most Burmese, to become caught up in the daily management of fear. Based on Monique Skidmore's experiences living in the capital city of Rangoon, Karaoke Fascism is the first ethnography of fear in Burma and provides a sobering look at the psychological strategies employed by the Burmese people in order to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812218833
• ISBN13: 9780812218831
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"