Anderson is Professor of Research in the Department of Anthropology at Brown University
through Lik Tou Moan and Hkun scripts
Later chapters draw inspiration from recent work that stresses the need for historical contextualization of interactions between women and “the state” and gender constructs in elite households inflected by class priorities
Muslims today give considerable attention to political and social organization and to reaching an accommodation with the new political systems that have arisen in Southeast Asia
His varied experience as peasant
Native Tourist, The: A Holiday Pilgrimage in Myanmar Classic Anderson is Professor of ResearchThis is the delightful story of an eighteen day local bus pilgrimage to sixty pagodas across Myanmar. As the author settles into her bus seat, the aisle blocked with luggage, she trains our eyes on the collection of characters that, like it or not, will be her travelling companions for the whirlwind tour. This native tourist amuses us with her adventures of eating at roadside cafes, climbing up pagodas, bathing in rivers, shopping at markets, and