Yangon Echoes: Inside Heritage Homes

Virginia Henderson,Tim Webster

Yangon Echoes: Inside Heritage Homes
Format
Paperback
Publisher
River Books
Country
Thailand
Published
1 March 2016
Pages
208
ISBN
9786167339573

Yangon Echoes: Inside Heritage Homes

Virginia Henderson,Tim Webster

‘Yangon Echoes’ is a popular history of buildings used as homes in Burma’s bustling, former capital, charting social space and urban folklore and linking past to present via living memories. It offers intimate views on life in the cosmopolitan city formerly known as Rangoon, Burma. An unprecedented work of oral history, ‘Yangon Echoes’ is a rich anthology of fascinating life stories exploring notions and values of heritage and home. This popular history of buildings charts social space and urban folklore, linking past to present via living memories. The storytellers speak of joy and tragedy, simple pleasures and aching issues, candidly sharing their thoughts and feelings of living through Yangon’s emergence from decades of stagnation to engagement with a rapidly spinning world. Told with courage and charm, these informal stories record everyday life through domestic connections to old places. This anthology records everyday life through domestic connections to old places and explores the present day significance of Yangon’s rich inheritance of built form. REVIEWS: The rich tapestry of multicultural Yangon is reflected wonderfully in this brilliant book, a fusion of intangible and tangible heritage that is often overlooked in architectural studies of cities. - William Logan, Professor Emeritus, Deakin University, Melbourne
This is a precious and intimate history of buildings. - Prof. Su Su, Department of Architecture, Mandalay Technological University
Yangon Echoes gives voice to resilient people caught in a whirlwind of urban change. Their captivating stories breathe life into the places they’ve called home and transform ordinary buildings into extraordinary repositories of families’ lives. - Jeff Cody, Senior Project Specialist, Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles 116 illustrations

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