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Karaoke Fascism: Burma and the Politics of Fear (The Ethnography of Political Violence)

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Description for Karaoke Fascism: Burma and the Politics of Fear (The Ethnography of Political Violence) Paperback. The first in-depth ethnography of the brutal regime in Burma. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMB; JHM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.

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 survive under a military dictatorship that seeks to invade and dominate every aspect of life.

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"Karaoke fascism" is a term the author uses to describe the layers of conformity that Burmese people present to each other and, more important, to the military regime. This complex veneer rests on resistance, collaboration, and complicity, and describes not only the Burmese form of oppression but also the Burmese response to a life of domination. Providing an inside look at the madness and the militarization of the city, Skidmore argues that the weight of fear, the anxiety of constant vulnerability, and the numbing demands of the State upon individuals force Burmese people to cast themselves as automata; they deliberately present lifeless hollow bodies for the State's use, while their minds reach out into the cosmos for an array of alternate realities. Skidmore raises ethical and methodological questions about conducting research on fear when doing so evokes the very emotion in question, in both researcher and informant.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
The Ethnography of Political Violence Series
Condition
New
Weight
417 g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812218831
SKU
V9780812218831
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About Monique Skidmore
Monique Skidmore is an Australian Research Council scholar in the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research at the Australian National University.

Reviews for Karaoke Fascism: Burma and the Politics of Fear (The Ethnography of Political Violence)
"Skidmore captures perfectly how even the passing visitor to Burma absorbs the atmosphere of fear and internalises the vulnerability and precariousness of a life under a military dictatorship. It is rare for an academic work to be so captivating."—Australian Journal of Anthropology

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