Myanmar's Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech
Author: Ronan Lee
Publisher: I.B. Tauris, Bloomsbury Publishing
Year of Publication: 2021
Print Length: 275 pages
Genre: Non-Fiction / Anthropology, Political Science, Race & Ethnicity Studies
Area: Myanmar, Southeast Asia
Topic: Rohingya, Genocide, Hate Speech, History, Identity, Lived Experience, Refugees & Forced Migration, Bigotry, Citizenship, Culture & Society, Conflict, Discrimination, Dehumanization, Massacre, Ethnic Cleansing, Mobility & Immobility, Peace, Politics & Power, Violence & Mass Violence, Exile
The genocide in Myanmar has drawn global attention as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi appears to be presiding over human rights violations, forced migrations and extra-judicial killings on an enormous scale. This unique study draws on thousands of hours of interviews and testimony from the Rohingya themselves to assess and outline the full scale of the disaster.
Casting new light on Rohingya identity, history and culture, this will be an essential contribution to the study of the Rohingya people and to the study of the early stages of genocide. This book adds convincingly to the body of evidence that the government of Myanmar has enabled a genocide in Rakhine State and the surrounding areas.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acronyms
Introduction: Bamboo, Tarpaulin and Mud
1. Rohingya Roots in Ancient Arakan
2. British Colonial Rule and Rohingya Identity
3. Citizenship Laws: Making Rohingya Stateless
4. Myanmar’s Failed Political Transition
5. Conflicting Historical Narratives
6. People Would Like to Demolish Our History
7. We are Rohingya
8. Seeking Common Ground
Acknowledgements
Bibliographical Survey
Notes
Index
Ronan Lee is an Irish Australian former politician and research fellow in the Institute for Media and Creative Industries at Loughborough University London, UK. His research focusses on the Rohingya, genocide, hate speech, migration, and Asian politics. Ronan has been a Visiting Scholar at the International State Crime Initiative, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London, and was a Queensland State Member of Parliament (2001-2009), serving on the frontbench as a Parliamentary Secretary (2006-2008) in portfolios including Justice, Main Roads and Local Government, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships. He has also worked as a senior government advisor, and as an election strategist and campaign manager. Ronan was awarded the Early Career Emerging Scholar Prize 2021 by the International Association of Genocide Scholars.
Source: https://ronanlee.com/myanmars-rohingya-genocide-identity-history-and-hate-speech/
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