Nationalism by design: The politics of dress in British Burma

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Colonial attempts to hem in racial and gender difference through practice, law and lore made dress a potent field of resistance in British Burma, giving rise to new strands of nationalism by design.

Creator/author: 

Penny Edwards

Source/publisher: 

International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) (Newsletter No. 46

Date of Publication: 

2008-01-00

Date of entry: 

2009-03-07

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  • Individual Documents

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Language: 

English

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