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Author Hoque, Farhana, author

Title To be a Marma : a passionately lived identity on the borderlands between Bangladesh and Myanmar / Farhana Hoque ; editor, Janise Hurtig
Published Long Island, New York : Lived Places Publishing, 2022
©2022

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Description 1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables, photos
Series The anthropology collection
Anthropology collection (Series)
Contents Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Teacher and student guide -- Learning objective -- Learner objectives -- Suggested activities (general) -- Suggested activities (by chapter) -- Recommended projects -- Chapter 2: The project and the people -- Chapter 3: A toolkit to study identity on the borderlands: A brief summary -- Chapter 4: Marma kinship and marriage rituals -- Chapter 5: Ethnic endogamy: land, culture and religion -- Chapter 6: Migration and settlement -- Chapter 7: The invention of Marma material culture and ceremonials -- Chapter 8: Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Recommended further reading -- Glossary -- Appendix A Introductions and experts in the Marma community -- Appendix B Historical timeline -- Appendix C A toolkit to study identity on the borderlands -- Appendix D Royal chart and new genogram -- Appendix E Map of Bandarban with shrines -- Appendix F Documentary -- To be a Marma -- Index
Summary An exploration of Marma identity as an example of cultural distinctness in a borderlands setting
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-195) and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 09, 2023)
Subject Maghs -- Bangladesh -- Chittagong Hill Tracts (Region) -- Ethnic identity
Group identity -- Bangladesh -- Chittagong Hill Tracts (Region)
Borderlands -- Bangladesh -- Chittagong Hill Tracts (Region)
Ethnology.
Culture.
Ethnic groups.
Group identity.
Ethnology
Anthropology, Cultural
Culture
Ethnicity
Social Identification
culture (concept)
ethnic groups.
group identity.
Borderlands
Group identity
SUBJECT Bangladesh https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001459
Subject Bangladesh -- Chittagong Hill Tracts (Region)
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781915271198
1915271193
9781915271204
1915271207