| ID | 178507 |
| Title Proper | Colonial secularism built in brick |
| Other Title Information | Religion in Rangoon |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Turner, Alicia |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines colonial secularism in Burma through a history of the built environment of Rangoon. The creation of the colonial city in the 1850s as an ordered grid of ethnic neighbourhoods and established religions served as a pedagogy of the secular, teaching its population to internalise religious difference. And yet, against this secular vision in brick and pavement there were exceptional spaces that enacted alternative visions. The Thayettaw monastic complex began as home for the diverse displaced ethnic monasteries of the pre-colonial town, but it soon defied the boundaries of colonial rule. Its practice of Buddhism became a mechanism for mobility, interaction, and interconnection. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of South East Asian Studies Vol. 52, No.1; Mar 2021: p.26 - 48 |
| Journal Source | Journal of South East Asian Studies 2021-03 52, 1 |
| Key Words | Burma ; Colonial Secularism ; Religion in Rangoon |