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Author Philp, Janette.

Title Cultural politics and the appropriation of Theravada Buddhism in contemporary Burma (Myanmar) / Janette Philp
Published [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004

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Description xviii, 372 leaves : illustrations ; 30 cm
Summary In Burma, under the State Peace and Development Council, Burmese culture and Theravada Buddhism have become conjoined, the distinctions between the sacred and the secular have become blurred, and the political and the cultural have become intertwined, as the military regime seeks to legitimate its political power and authority
Notes Submitted to the School of Social and International Studies of the Faculty of Arts, Deakin University
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2004
Bibliography Bibliography: leaves 355-372
Subject Theravāda Buddhism -- Burma.
Buddhism and state -- Burma.
SUBJECT Myanmar -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018125
Myanmar -- Religion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009117682
Myanmar http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80021691 -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005646
Genre/Form Academic theses.
Author Deakin University. Faculty of Arts.
Deakin University. School of Social and International Studies