1. Introduction: Burma at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century / Monique Skidmore -- Part 1: Spirituality, Pilgrimage, and Economics -- 2. The Cheaters: Journey to the Land of the Lottery / Guillaume Rozenberg -- 3. Women's Practices of Renunciation in the Age of Sasana Revival / Ingrid Jordt -- 4. The Taungbyon Festival: Locality and Nation-Confronting in the Cult of the "37 Lords" Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière -- 5. Respected Grandfather, Bless This Nissan: Benevolent and Politically Neutral / Bo Bo Gyi Mandy Sadan -- Part 2: Political and Moral Legitimation-- 6. Buddhist Visions of Moral Authority and Modernity in Burma / Juliane Schober -- 7. Sacralizing or Demonizing Democracy? Aung San Suu Kyi's "Personality Cult" / Gustaaf Houtman -- 8. The Chicken and the Scorpion: Rumor, Counternarratives, and the Political Uses of Buddhism / Keiko Tosa -- Part 3: Public Performance -- 9. Writing in a Crazy Way: Literary Life in Contemporary Urban Burma / Jennifer Leehey -- 10. "But Princes Jump!": Performing Masculinity in Mandalay / Ward Keeler -- 11. Who's Performing What? State Patronage and the Transformation of Burmese Music / Gavin Douglas -- Part 4: The Domestic Domain -- 12. The Future of Burma: Children are Like Jewels / Monique Skidmore
Notes
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-285) and index
