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To be a Marma: A passionately lived identity on the borderlands between Bangladesh and Myanmar

To be a Marma: A passionately lived identity on the borderlands between Bangladesh and Myanmar

Hurtig, Janise
Hoque, Farhana

Paperback

Series: The Anthropology Collection

AnthropologyBuddhismGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1915271185
ISBN13: 9781915271181
Publisher: Lived Places
Published: Aug 22 2022
Pages: 266
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

How does being located in borderlands impact cultural identity, through both assimilation and distinctness?


This exploration of the self-identified Marma group, the second largest ethnic group in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh, discusses various aspects of identity creation, maintenance and adaptation in the unique setting of the geo-political border between South and Southeast Asia. With the fluidity of change and ethnic composition that is typical of geographical borders, the expectation is constant adaptation resulting in slow change of cultural identity over time. In the Marma case, adaptations are made in order to maintain their cultural distinctiveness.

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