Saffron shadows and salvaged scripts : literary life in Myanmar under censorship and in transition /
Wiles, Ellen,
Saffron shadows and salvaged scripts : literary life in Myanmar under censorship and in transition / Ellen Wiles. - 1 online resource : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Literary Life Under the Censorship Regime -- 2. Writers: The Older Generation -- 3. Writers: The Middle Generation -- 4. Writers: The Younger Generation -- 5. Conclusion: Literary Life in Transition -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Until 2012, Myanmar had been ruled for fifty years by one of the most paranoid and repressive censorship regimes in history. The military junta enforced strict reading and writing restrictions in line with their socialist ideology and was terrified of writers who could trigger change. Transition has lifted the worst restrictions, initiating a new era in the country's literature and literary culture. Inspired by Ellen Wiles's hunt for contemporary writing while living in Myanmar in 2013, this book explores the experiences and recent output of nine Myanmar writers spanning three generations, featuring interviews and English-language translations of their work, along with political, legal, and artistic analyses. Wiles includes men and women, fiction and poetry, capturing the effects of political and cultural change as they rippled across different groups and genres. Her work contributes both to the general study of art under censorship and beyond to Myanmar's democratic renaissance.
English.
9780231539296 (electronic bk.) 0231539290 (electronic bk.) 0231173288 9780231173285
10.7312/wile17328 doi
22573/ctt14d2xsk JSTOR 0CA7C984-B496-445D-8620-CF508BF374C7 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2014050246
1900-2099
Literature and society--Burma.
Politics and literature--Burma.
Censorship--Burma.
Burmese literature--Social aspects.
Burmese literature--Political aspects.
Authors, Burmese--20th century--Biography.
Authors, Burmese--21st century--Biography.
Social change--Burma.
Littérature et société--Birmanie.
Politique et littérature--Birmanie.
Littérature birmane--Aspect social.
Littérature birmane--Aspect politique.
Écrivains birmans--20e siècle--Biographies.
Écrivains birmans--21e siècle--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--General.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Asian--General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--World--Asian.
Social conditions.
Authors, Burmese.
Censorship.
Intellectual life.
Literature and society.
Politics and literature.
Social change.
Burmese literature--Political aspects.
Burma--Intellectual life.
Burma--Social conditions.
Birmanie--Conditions sociales.
Burma.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
PL3972 / .W55 2015
895/.809
Saffron shadows and salvaged scripts : literary life in Myanmar under censorship and in transition / Ellen Wiles. - 1 online resource : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Literary Life Under the Censorship Regime -- 2. Writers: The Older Generation -- 3. Writers: The Middle Generation -- 4. Writers: The Younger Generation -- 5. Conclusion: Literary Life in Transition -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Until 2012, Myanmar had been ruled for fifty years by one of the most paranoid and repressive censorship regimes in history. The military junta enforced strict reading and writing restrictions in line with their socialist ideology and was terrified of writers who could trigger change. Transition has lifted the worst restrictions, initiating a new era in the country's literature and literary culture. Inspired by Ellen Wiles's hunt for contemporary writing while living in Myanmar in 2013, this book explores the experiences and recent output of nine Myanmar writers spanning three generations, featuring interviews and English-language translations of their work, along with political, legal, and artistic analyses. Wiles includes men and women, fiction and poetry, capturing the effects of political and cultural change as they rippled across different groups and genres. Her work contributes both to the general study of art under censorship and beyond to Myanmar's democratic renaissance.
English.
9780231539296 (electronic bk.) 0231539290 (electronic bk.) 0231173288 9780231173285
10.7312/wile17328 doi
22573/ctt14d2xsk JSTOR 0CA7C984-B496-445D-8620-CF508BF374C7 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2014050246
1900-2099
Literature and society--Burma.
Politics and literature--Burma.
Censorship--Burma.
Burmese literature--Social aspects.
Burmese literature--Political aspects.
Authors, Burmese--20th century--Biography.
Authors, Burmese--21st century--Biography.
Social change--Burma.
Littérature et société--Birmanie.
Politique et littérature--Birmanie.
Littérature birmane--Aspect social.
Littérature birmane--Aspect politique.
Écrivains birmans--20e siècle--Biographies.
Écrivains birmans--21e siècle--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--General.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Asian--General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--World--Asian.
Social conditions.
Authors, Burmese.
Censorship.
Intellectual life.
Literature and society.
Politics and literature.
Social change.
Burmese literature--Political aspects.
Burma--Intellectual life.
Burma--Social conditions.
Birmanie--Conditions sociales.
Burma.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
PL3972 / .W55 2015
895/.809