Contemporary Socio-Cultural and Political Perspectives in Thailand

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Redefining “Thainess”: Embracing Diversity, Preserving Unity....Pages 3-22
The Giant Swing ( Lo Ching Cha ): Brahmanical Origins and Its Significance to the Religious Culture of Thailand....Pages 23-47
Thai Amulets: Symbol of the Practice of Multi-faiths and Cultures....Pages 49-64
Buddhist Temple: A Religious Capital Approach for Preparing Thailand Toward the Aging Society....Pages 65-82
Beyond Localities: Community Development and Network Construction Among the Buddhist Monks in Northern Thailand....Pages 83-93
Hegemonic English, Standard Thai, and Narratives of the Subaltern in Thailand....Pages 95-109
Digital Revolution and Its Discontents: Thai “Underground Metal” Scene and Their Love-Hate Relationship with New Technologies....Pages 111-123
The Thawiphop Phenomenon: Reimagining Nationalism in a Contemporary Thai Novel and Its Stage and Screen Adaptations....Pages 125-139
Relatedness: Capitalism and the Sufficiency Economy in Rural Northeastern Thailand....Pages 141-153
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Party-Social Movement Coalition in Thailand’s Political Conflict (2005–2011)....Pages 157-168
“For King and Country”? Thailand’s Political Conflicts as Dynamics of Social Closure....Pages 169-184
The Vulnerability of Thai Democracy: Coups d’état and Political Changes in Modern Thailand....Pages 185-207
Politics and the City: Protest, Memory, and Contested Space in Bangkok....Pages 209-222
The Politics of Change in Thai Cities: The Urban Poor as Development Catalysts....Pages 223-233
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Language and Cultural Rights in the Ethnic Revival Movement of the Black Tai in Khaoyoi, Petchaburi....Pages 237-252
Lahu Students in Thai Schools: The Cases of Som and Noi....Pages 253-265
Rural-Urban Migration and Ethnic Minority Enterprise....Pages 267-282
Front Matter....Pages 283-283
Learning to Look Good: Thai Women Office Workers and Everyday Consumption Practices at Work....Pages 285-297
Thai Daughters, English Wives: A Critical Ethnography of Transnational Lives....Pages 299-310
The Expat Life with a Thai Wife: Thailand as an Imagined Space of Masculine Transformation....Pages 311-327
Front Matter....Pages 283-283
Women NGOs’ Movement for Fighting Against Domestic Violence....Pages 329-344
Women’s Agency in the Malay Muslim Communities of Southern Thailand....Pages 345-362
Trafficking and Coerced Prostitution in Thailand: Reconceptualizing International Law in the Age of Globalization....Pages 363-379
Gender and Buddhism in the Wake of the Tsunami....Pages 381-392
Not Yet Queer Enough: Revising “Gender” in Development....Pages 393-408
Conceptualizing Thai Genderscapes: Transformation and Continuity in the Thai Sex/Gender System....Pages 409-429
The Third Gender as Seen in Thai Fiction....Pages 431-441
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Theravada Buddhist Temple Taking Care of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Thailand: A Case Study of Phrabatnampu Temple....Pages 445-463
Authoritative Knowledge, Folk Knowledge, and Antenatal Care in Contemporary Northern Thailand....Pages 465-486
Moral Aspect and the Effectiveness of Local Healing in Northern Thailand....Pages 487-499
 Phum Panya Chao Baan (Local Wisdom) and Traditional Healers in Southern Thailand....Pages 501-515
Patronage, Dominance, or Collaboration? Thailand’s NGOs and the Thai Health Promotion Foundation....Pages 517-531
Back Matter....Pages 533-540