What's burmese about burmese rap?, Why some expressive forms go global

American Ethnologist

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-19

  Keeler, Ward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Burma; Globalization; Masculinity; Rap music; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449112016     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2008.01106.x     Document Type: Article

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