National identity and its defenders : Thailand today
Presents analysis of Thai national identity. This title includes a chapter reflecting on the way older concepts of Thai identity were transformed by the economic boom and subsequent financial crisis in 1997.
Print Book, English, 2002
Rev. ed View all formats and editions
Silkworm Books, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2002
Conference papers and proceedings
x, 357 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9789747551884, 9747551888
54373362
Introduction : national identity and its defenders / Craig J. Reynolds
The crisis of Siamese identity / Sulak Sivaraksa
State-identity creation, state-building and civil society, 1939-1989 / Chai-anan Samudavanija
What makes Central Thai a national language? / Anthony Diller
Thai nationalism and identity: popular themes of the 1930s / B.J. Terwiel
The frontiers of Thailand / Gehan Wijeyewardene
Thai Buddhist identity: debates on the Traiphum Phra Ruang / Peter A. Jackson
Thai identity in the astrological tradition / Nerida M. Cook
The case of the purloined lintel: the politics of a Khmer shrine as a Thai national treasure / Charles F. Keyes
Identity and authority in Thailand / Hans-Dieter Bechstedt
What is the Thai village? / Philip Hirsch
Rumours, foul calumnies and the safety of the state: mass media and national identity in Thailand / Annette Hamilton
Thai identity in the age of globalization / Craig J. Reynolds
Revised edition of: National identity and its defenders, Thailand, 1939-1989
Previous edition: Clayton, Vic. : Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash University, 1991