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A New Palace for Mra Swan Dewi: Changes in Spirit Cults in Arakan (Rakhine) State |
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Brac de la Perrière, Bénédicte
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| Source |
Asian Ethnology
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| Volume | v.68 n.2 |
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| Date | 2009 |
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| Pages | 307 - 332 |
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| Publisher | Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture=南山宗教文化研究所 |
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http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/
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| Location | 名古屋, 日本 [Nagoya, Japan] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | Arakan state; spirit cults; nation building; territory; klocality; authority and power; tradition |
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| Abstract | This article illustrates the relationship between religion and political power in a particular process of contemporary Burmese nation building. I highlight the symbolic appropriation of a specific national territory through the mediation of a spirit, and the recent building of a sanctuary in Arakan state by the wife of a Burmese military officer posted in the region, an action that is akin to concluding an agreement with a local spirit and then establishing the foundation of central authority over a local population. It highlights a process whereby the use of religion by the Burmese in the configuration of territory is observed as a way of maintaining or legitimizing hegemony over the country’s marginal population groups. The article also shows how this process is made possible thanks to a specific segment of the local Arakanese elite, perceived to be the referring authority. |
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| ISSN | 18826865 (P) |
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| Hits | 212 |
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| Created date | 2011.01.18 |
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| Modified date | 2019.06.20 |
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