Noted: Frontline humour takes on generals
This is is a new political cartoon collection by Burmese artist and cartoonist Harn Lay. It is a revealing insight into Burma—where political resistance and traditional art and performance meet. The book demonstrates and is part of the ongoing resistance to an unjust abuse of power. Lay portrays key...
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2009-05-01
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| description | This is is a new political cartoon collection by Burmese artist and cartoonist Harn Lay. It is a revealing insight into Burma—where political resistance and traditional art and performance meet. The book demonstrates and is part of the ongoing resistance to an unjust abuse of power. Lay portrays key issues such as political prisoners, extended house arrest of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, the military’s response to sanctions, Burma-ASEAN relations and business deals with neighbouring countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-30b04880e13647deb99313be5a4d4eaa2022-12-21T17:50:26ZengAsia Pacific NetworkPacific Journalism Review1023-94992324-20352009-05-0115110.24135/pjr.v15i1.979Noted: Frontline humour takes on generalsViolet ChoThis is is a new political cartoon collection by Burmese artist and cartoonist Harn Lay. It is a revealing insight into Burma—where political resistance and traditional art and performance meet. The book demonstrates and is part of the ongoing resistance to an unjust abuse of power. Lay portrays key issues such as political prisoners, extended house arrest of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, the military’s response to sanctions, Burma-ASEAN relations and business deals with neighbouring countries.https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/979cartoonistshuman rightsmedia freedompolitical activismpolitical cartooning |
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