True Love and Bartholomew

Rebels on the Burmese Border

Jonathan Falla

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Cambridge University Press
24 July 2006

History; Anthropology; Bargains

Jonathan Falla, a nurse and prizewinning playwright, spent an illegal year living with the Karen rebels. His richly illustrated account of life in the Burmese jungle creates an evocative portrait of a people fighting to preserve their way of life. The Karen, one of Burma's many minority peoples, have been waging an increasingly desperate war for autonomy against the Burmese government since 1949. Burma's 'closed door' policies have prevented any close study of Karen society since the 1920s and more recent writers have been forced to concentrate on Karen refugee communities in Thailand. Discussing all aspects of Karen life, this is no ordinary anthropological study but a highly personalized account. Based on the lives of individual Karen there are chapters on music, food, love, the patterns of forest and river life, on women, language, weaponry and mercenaries, and on the symbols of rebel nationalism.

By: Jonathan Falla
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9780521399203
ISBN 10: 0521399203
Pages: 428
Publication Date: 24 July 2006
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for True Love and Bartholomew: Rebels on the Burmese Border

'Jonathan Falla offers us the human face of political change in contemporary Burma, a behind-the-lines view of the Karen Free State. There is all the erudition that we find in more formal texts but none of the pretension. What we are finally offered is a fresh and sharp view that is anthropological in the truest sense. It conveys to us the 'feel' of another way of life.' Nigel Barley