Muslim Rulers and Rebels

Everyday Politics and Armed Separatism in the Southern Philippines

Thomas M McKenna author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of California Press

Published:21st Jul '98

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In this first ground-level account of the Muslim separatist rebellion in the Philippines, Thomas McKenna challenges prevailing anthropological analyses of nationalism as well as their underlying assumptions about the interplay of culture and power. He examines Muslim separatism against a background of more than four hundred years of political relations among indigenous Muslim rulers, their subjects, and external powers seeking the subjugation of Philippine Muslims. He also explores the motivations of the ordinary men and women who fight in armed separatist struggles and investigates the formation of nationalist identities. A skillful meld of historical detail and ethnographic research, Muslim Rulers and Rebels makes a compelling contribution to the study of protest, rebellion, and revolution worldwide.

ISBN: 9780520210165

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 28mm

Weight: 635g

343 pages