Shan virtual insurgency and the spectatorship of the nation
The Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) is today one of Burma's largest remaining ethnic opposition armies. This paper investigates ethnic politics of the SSA-S and their strategic use of media. It argues that Shan insurgency today has moved into a new phase characterised by its intense involvement w...
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th-cmuir.6653943832-74252014-08-30T04:08:59Z Shan virtual insurgency and the spectatorship of the nation Jirattikorn A. The Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) is today one of Burma's largest remaining ethnic opposition armies. This paper investigates ethnic politics of the SSA-S and their strategic use of media. It argues that Shan insurgency today has moved into a new phase characterised by its intense involvement with mass media. The paper examines, on the production side, the Shan insurgency's media products and its networking with the Thai press. On the reception side, it explores how the images of ethnic insurgency are consumed by Shan audiences living in exile, analysing how long-distance Shan nationalism is generated through the spectatorship of these 'militarised' images. © 2011 The National University of Singapore. 2014-08-30T04:08:59Z 2014-08-30T04:08:59Z 2011 Article 224634 10.1017/S0022463410000524 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952923888&partnerID=40&md5=bff1153f6a711dbed069df87de0aae93 http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/7425 English |
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The Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) is today one of Burma's largest remaining ethnic opposition armies. This paper investigates ethnic politics of the SSA-S and their strategic use of media. It argues that Shan insurgency today has moved into a new phase characterised by its intense involvement with mass media. The paper examines, on the production side, the Shan insurgency's media products and its networking with the Thai press. On the reception side, it explores how the images of ethnic insurgency are consumed by Shan audiences living in exile, analysing how long-distance Shan nationalism is generated through the spectatorship of these 'militarised' images. © 2011 The National University of Singapore. |
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