{"product_id":"spaces-of-solidarity-karen-activism-in-the-thailand-burma-borderlands-9781789207163","title":"Spaces of Solidarity: Karen Activism in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tExploring notions of activism and space as narrated by Karen displaced persons and refugees in the Thai-Burma borderlands, this book looks beyond refugees as passive victims or a ‘humanitarian case’. Instead, the book examines the active engagement the Karen have with their persecution and displacement and their subsequent emplacement in the borderlands. A key focus of the book is to look at this engagement in terms of spaces of solidarity – constructed through patterns of activism, paths of connectivity and processes of cultural recovery. The book also studies the spatial configuration of borderlands, examining the impact of cross-border activities and their inter-related nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The strength of this wonderful monograph is thus a form of participatory action research, in which neutrality is not desirable and in which the researcher has a strong stake in the struggle for justice and the reconstruction of home and freedom in political exile…Sharples succeeds to use her position to amplify the voices of a very vulnerable, but resourceful people.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Anthropos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a first-rate book… One of its major strengths is the position of the author in writing from an informed position, following many years of immersion in the context.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Linda Briskman\u003c\/strong\u003e, Western Sydney University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e \tMaps\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spaces of Solidarity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Movements across space: The Thai-Burma borderlands as a social construct\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e From buffer zone to friendship bridge: The contemporary context of the Thai-Burma borderlands\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e By the shade of a tree: Scales of resistance, patterns of activism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e This story is not for myself: Paths of connectivity\/networks of solidarity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘Symbolic anchors of community’: Processes of cultural recovery\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Space Between\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042562376023,"sku":"9781789207163","price":84.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789207163.jpg?v=1750954654","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/spaces-of-solidarity-karen-activism-in-the-thailand-burma-borderlands-9781789207163","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}