Mapping ethnicity in nineteenth-century Burma: When ‘categories of people’ (lumyo) became ‘nations’

Successive wars and the establishment of a border between the kingdom of Burma and British India in the nineteenth century challenged Burmese conceptions of sovereignty and political space. This essay investigates how European, and more specifically Anglo-American, notions of race, nation, and consu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of Southeast Asian studies (Singapore) Jg. 50; H. 3; S. 347 - 364
1. Verfasser:	Candier, Aurore
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.09.2019
Schlagworte:	19th century Annexation Buddhism Burmese language Classification Cosmology Ethnic groups Ethnicity History Mapping Protection Race Semantic change Semantics Social structure Sociopolitical factors Sovereignty Terminology Myanmar United Kingdom Myanmar (Burma)
ISSN:	0022-4634, 1474-0680
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