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From the Land of Green Ghosts : Commodifying Culture, Downplaying Politics
- Biography
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 28, Number 1, Winter 2005
- pp. 77-88
- 10.1353/bio.2005.0039
- Article
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This article critiques the editing, marketing, and reception of Pascal Khoo Thwe's recent autobiography, From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey. It argues that this autobiography has been seen primarily in terms of cultural shifts, amplifying the distance between the narrated and narrating self, and muting the political message of the work.