B737-800
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Situational Awareness
Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem; Flight Crew Diverted; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
Cabin crew reported burning smell in back of cabin. [Identified as an] emergency. Landed at ZZZ.
B737-800 pilot reported they executed an uneventful landing; after notification of 'burning smell' in passenger cabin.