Ebook: Myanmar’s Enemy Within: Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim ’Other’

For decades Myanmar has been portrayed as a case of good citizen versus bad regime – men in jackboots maintaining a suffocating rule over a majority Buddhist population beholden to the ideals of non-violence and tolerance. But in recent years this narrative has been upended. In June 2012, violence between Buddhists and Muslims erupted in western Myanmar, pointing to a growing divide between religious communities that before had received little attention from the outside world. Attacks on Muslims soon spread across the country, leaving hundreds dead, entire neighbourhoods turned to rubble, and tens of thousands of Muslims confined to internment camps. This violence, breaking out amid the passage to democracy, was spurred on by monks, pro-democracy activists, and even politicians. In this gripping and deeply reported account, Francis Wade explores how the manipulation of identities by an anxious ruling elite has laid the foundations for mass violence, and how, in Myanmar’s case, some of the most respected and articulate voices for democracy have turned on the Muslim population at a time when the majority of citizens are beginning to experience freedoms unseen for half a century. Close Contents Review Quotes Acknowledgements Map 1 The first wave: the murder, the smoke and the ruins 2 Sons of whose soil? Britain and the birth of a fractured nation 3 The art of belonging: a peculiar transaction in Yangon 4 Us and them: making identities, manipulating divides 5 Ruling the unruly: social engineering and the village of prisoners 6 2012: season of violence 7 At first light the darkness fell: Myanmar’s democratic experiment falters: “We came down from the sky”: the Buddhist preachers of hate 9 Apartheid state: camps, ghettos and the new architecture of control 10 U Maung Soe: an outcast in disguise 11 In the old cinema hut: fear, hope and the heroes we forget Notes Asian Studies: You may purchase this title at these fine bookstores. Outside the USA, see our international sales information. Chicago Manual of Style Publisher Publisher Logo All Books from Zed Books Twitter RSS Feed RSS feed of the latest books from Zed Books. RSS Feed University of Chicago Press: 1427 E. 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637 USA | Voice: 773.702.7700 | Fax: 773.702.9756 Privacy Policies Site Map Bibliovault Chicago Manual of Style Turabian Scientific Style and Format University of Chicago

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