Tracks and traces : Thailand and the work of Andrew Turton / edited by Philip Hirsch and Nicholas Tapp.

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9789048512874
9048512875
9089642498
9789089642493

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Contents:

Table of Contents; List of Tables, Figures, and Photographs; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Opening Reflections: Northeastern Thai Ethnoregionalism Updated; 2. Transforming Agrarian Transformation in a Globalizing Thailand; 3. Local Leaders and the State in Thailand; 4. Roots of Ongoing Conflict: Reflections on Andrew Turton's Analysis of Thailand in the 1970s; 5. Censorship and Authoritative Forms of Discourse: A Reconsideration of Thai Constructions of Knowledge; 6. 'Modernising Subjects': Moral-Political Contests in Thailand's Drive Toward Modernity.

Summary: This book traces the threads that tie together an understanding of Thailand as a dynamic and rapidly changing society, through an examination of the work of one major scholar of the country, Andrew Turton. Turton's anthropological studies of Thailand cover a wide spectrum from politics and economy to ritual and culture, and have been crucial in shaping evolving models of Thai society. In this collection, ten leading specialists on Thailand from a variety of disciplines critically consider aspects of Turton's work in relation to the changing nature of different aspects of Thai society. The book.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-151) and index.

This book traces the threads that tie together an understanding of Thailand as a dynamic and rapidly changing society, through an examination of the work of one major scholar of the country, Andrew Turton. Turton's anthropological studies of Thailand cover a wide spectrum from politics and economy to ritual and culture, and have been crucial in shaping evolving models of Thai society. In this collection, ten leading specialists on Thailand from a variety of disciplines critically consider aspects of Turton's work in relation to the changing nature of different aspects of Thai society. The book.