Reconstruction of the Nu as an Ethnic Group in Northern Myanmar: The Yearning of a People

ISBN-13: 9781433177255 / Angielski

He Lin

Opis

The Nu in northern Myanmar comprising the Anung and Nusu branches have united giving rise to a movement of ethnic reconstruction. They have restructured the Myanmar Nu people as an ethnic entity with their social identity, cultural traditions, writing system and a Nu language-based Christian theology.

Spis treści

List of Tables - Introduction: The Yearning of a People - The Nu in Northern Myanmar and Christianity - Who Are the Nu: Origin and Construction - Ethnic Imaginings and Identity - The Nu Script and Nu Language-Based Theology - The Reshaping of Cultural Traditions - Postscript.

O autorze

He Lin, Doctor of Ethnology, is Associate Professor at the School of Ethnology and Sociology of Yunnan University. His research interests are Southeast Asian (Myanmar) ethnic groups, religions of ethnic minorities in southwest China, practical anthropology, and folk diplomacy research and practice. His major works include: monographs: The Anung: Di_ erent Religious Beliefs under One Roof and Folksongs of the Anung in Bingzhongluo; and theses: The Cultural Logics of Paukphaw in Myanmar, Ethnology for Practice: Ethnology & Anthropology Based on the Practice in China, and Research on "Pluralism-and-Unity Model" Wand Harmonious Coexistence.