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First published 2024 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Ikeya, Chie, author.

Title: InterAsian intimacies across race, religion, and colonialism / Chie Ikeya.

Description: Ithaca : Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2024010374 (print) | LCCN 2024010375 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501777134 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501777141 (paperback) | ISBN 9781501777158 (pdf) | ISBN 9781501777165 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Intermarriage—Social aspects—Burma. | Conversion—Social aspects—Burma. | Intermarriage— Political aspects—Burma. | Conversion—Political aspects—Burma. | Belonging (Social psychology)—Burma—History. | Burma—Colonial influence— History.

Classification: LCC HQ1031 .I349 2024 (print) | LCC HQ1031 (ebook) | DDC 306.8409591—dc23/eng/20240320

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024010374

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024010375

Cover photograph courtesy of Dr. Hnin Yee and Mona Han