Beschrijving
The Karen – one of the many insurgent groups in Burma (Myanmar) – have been waging an increasingly desperate fight for freedom for the past half century. Jonathan Falla, a British nurse, spent an illegal year helping to train village health workers, while writing this remarkable portrait of an ancient culture remade for the purposes of ethnic rebellion. There are chapters on food, music, love and marriage, the Karen military hierarchy and its weaponry, on mercenaries and missionaries, on young women and on revolutionary symbols. The picture is enriched with historical comparisons, and is based on portraits of individual Karen as they struggle to defend their way of life and their independence.
First published by Cambridge University Press in 1991, this classic work contains photographs by the author.
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