Reconstruction of the Nu as an ethnic group in Northern Myanmar : the yearning of a people / He Lin ; translated by Jiangcheng Zhang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

He, Lin, 1971- author.

Contributor:

Zhang, Jiangcheng, translator.

Standardized Title:

Min zu de ke wang. English

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Nu (Chinese people)--Burma.

Nu (Chinese people).

Burma.

Physical Description:

vi, 238 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, 2023.

Summary:

"Out of the need to maintain their own language and culture and to acquire their ethnic identity, the two groups, Anung and Nusu, which had little contact in history, united. Taking the construction model of the Nu people in China as a model, the Nu people of Myanmar tries to achieve a complete ethnic entity through the strengthening of social identity, the reshaping of cultural traditions, the creation of the writing system and the establishment of the Nu language-based Christian theology system, with a view to obtaining the final recognition of ethnic groups in Kachin and even the Myanmar government"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: the yearning of a people

Chapter One. The Nu in Northern Myanmar and Christianity

Chapter Two. Who are the Nu: origin and construction

Chapter Three. Ethnic imaginings and identity

Chapter Four. The Nu script and Nu language-based theology

Chapter Five. The reshaping of cultural traditions

Postscript.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: He, Lin, 1971- Reconstruction of the Nu as an ethnic group in northern Myanmar.

ISBN:

9781433177255

1433177250

OCLC:

1371463990

Publisher Number:

99994759640