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Is there a future for Buddhist nuns in Myanmar?

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Published
Publication date2/10/2015
Host publicationMetamorphosis: studies in social and political change in Myanmar
EditorsRenaud Egreteau, Francois Robinne
Place of PublicationSingapore
PublisherNuss Press Singapore / IRASEC
Pages291-319
Number of pages29
ISBN (print)9789971698669
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

The discussion on Buddhist nuns in Myanmar takes place in the following areas; in the context of state policy on ethnic acculturation, in relationship with the international community of nuns, and within their own monastic community in a country undergoing rapid socio-political transition.