Selected bibliography

 

About nat pwe ritual practice

 

BRAC DE LA PERRIÈRE, Bénédicte

1989 Les rituels de possession en Birmanie: Du culte d’État aux cérémonies privées, Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations, ADPF, Paris.

2016 ‘Spirit Possession: An Autonomous Field of Practice in the Burmese Buddhist Culture’, Journal of Burma Studies, 20/1: 1-30.

 

HO, Tamara

2009 ‘Transgender, Transgression, and Translation: A Cartography of “Nat Kadaws”: Notes on Gender and Sexuality within the Spirit Cult of Burma’, Discourse, 31/3: 273-317.

 

NASH, June C.

2007 [1966] ‘Multiple Perspectives on Burmese Buddhism and Nat Worship’, in June C. Nash (ed.), Practicing Ethnography in a Globalizing World: An Anthropological Odyssey, Altamira Press, Lanham: 77-104

 

SPIRO, Melford E.

1978 [1967] Burmese Supernaturalism, Institute for the Study of the Human Issues, Philadelphia.

 

TEMPLE, Richard C.

1991 [1906] The Thirty Seven Nats: A Phase of Spirit Worship Prevailing in Burma, Kiscadale, London.

 

About the hsaing waing ensemble and Burmese performative arts 

 

BECKER, Judith, Robert GARFIAS & Muriel WILLIAMSON

2001 ‘Myanmar’, in Stanley Sadie (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Vol. 16, Macmillan, London: 568-577.

 

CHIAROFONTE, Lorenzo

2020 ‘Do Ko Gyi Kyaw: Analyzing the Interactions between Rhythms, Melodies, and Sonic Structures of a Burmese Spirit Song Performance’, Analytical Approaches to World Music, 9/1: 137-184.

 

DOUGLAS, Gavin

2010 Music in Mainland Southeast Asia: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture, Oxford University Press, New York.

 

GARFIAS, Robert

1975 ‘A musical visit to Burma’, The World of Music, 17/1: 3-13.

1985 ‘The Development of the Modern Burmese Hsaing Ensemble’, Asian Music, 16/1: 1-28.

 

KEELER, Ward

1998 ‘Myanmar’, in Terry E. Miller & Sean Williams (eds.) The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Vol. 4, Southeast Asia, Garland Publishing Inc., New York & London: 363-400.

 

MAUNG THU HLAING

1993 Myanma Traditional Orchestra Instruments. Moe Min Sapay, Yangon.

 

OKELL, John

1971 ‘The Burmese Double-Reed “Nhai”’, Asian Music, 2/1: 25-31.

 

Selected discography

 

1981 Birmanie. Musique d’art, Ocora (558 555/56/57), Jacques Brunet (ed.).

 

2005 Mahagitá: Harp and Vocal Music of Burma, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (SFW CD 40492), Ward Keeler (ed.).

 

2008 Music of Myanmar. Buddhist Chant in the Pāli Tradition, Celestial Harmonies (14219-2), Gretel Schwörer-Kohl (ed.).

 

2010 Birmanie: Musique du Théâtre Classique / Burma: Classical Theatre Music, VDE-GALLO (CD-1317-1318), Ward Keeler (ed.).

 

Selected videography

 

MERRISON, Lindsey

2001 Friends in High Places: The Art of Survival in Modern-Day Burma, Documentary Educational Resources, DVD, 88 min.

 

BISHOP, Alan

2004 Nat Pwe: Burma’s Carnival of Spirit Soul, Sublime Frequencies (SF004), DVD, 85 min.

 

 

Selected webography

 

GARFIAS, Robert

Burmese Hsaing and Anyein: https://asiasociety.org/burmese-hsaing-and-anyein.

The Piano of U Ko Ko: https://www.umbc.edu/eol/garfias/burma1.html.

 

MEEKER, Lauren; NE MYO AUNG

Burmese Spirit Mediumship online course: https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/natpwe/.