Wydawnictwo | Springer Netherlands |
Data wydania | |
Liczba stron | 540 |
Forma publikacji | książka w miękkiej oprawie |
Język | angielski |
ISBN | 9789402406047 |
Kategorie | Socjologia |
Contemporary Socio-Cultural and Political Perspectives in Thailand
Introduction; Pranee Liamputtong.- Part 1 - Thailand and Current Socio-Cultural Issues.- Chapter 1. Redefining Thainess: Embracing Diversity, Preserving Unity; Suwilai Premsrirat.- Chapter 2. The Giant Swing (Lo Ching Cha): Brahmanical Origins and its Significance to the Religious Culture of Thailand; Willard G. Van De Bogart.- Chapter 3: Thai amulets: Symbol of the Practice of Multi Faiths and Cultures; Sophana Srichampa.- Chapter 4. Thai Buddhist Temples: A Religious Capital Approach for Preparing Thailand towards the Aging Society; Saowapa Pornsiripongse, Kwanchit Sasiwongsaroj and Patcharin Ketjamnong.- Chapter 5. Beyond a Localities: Community Development and Network Construction Among the Buddhist Monks in Northern Thailand; Mayumi Okabe.- Chapter 6: Hegemonic English, Standard Thai and Voices From a Margin: Self-Marginalization in Thailand; Adcharawan Buripakdi.- Chapter 7. Digital Revolution and its Discontents: Thai "Underground Metal" Scene and their Love-Hate Relationship with New Technologies; Athip Jittarerk.- Chapter 8. Re-imagining Nationalism: Nostalgia of the Past in one Contemporary Thai Novel and its Stage and Screen Adaptations; Morakot Jewachinda Meyer.- Chapter 9. Relatedness: Capitalism and the Traditional Village Economy; Ratana Tosakul.- Part 2. Political Aspects in Thailand Today.- Chapter 10: Party-Social Movement Coalition in Thailand's Political Conflict (2005-2011); Aim Sinpeng.- Chapter 11. 'For King and Country': The Yellow Shirts of Thailand; Allan Lee.- Chapter 12. The Vulnerability of Thai Democracy: Coups d'Etate and Political Changes in Modern Thailand; Pei-Hsiu Chen.- Chapter 13. Politics and the City: Protest, Memory and Contested Issues in Bangkok; Serhat Uenaldi.- Chapter 14. The Politics of Change in Thai Cities: The Urban Poor as Development Catalysts; Diane Archer.- Part 3. Ethnic Issues in Contemporary Thailand.- Chapter 15. Language and Cultural Rights in the Ethnic Revival Movement of the Black Tai in Khaoyoi, Petchaburi; Sumittra Suraratdecha.- Chapter 16. Lahu Students in Thai schools: The Cases of Som and Noi; Matthew R. Juelsgaard.-Chapter 17. Rural-Urban Migration and Ethnic Minority Enterprise; Alexander Trupp.- Part 4. Contemporary Gender and Queer Perspectives.- Chapter 18. Learning to Look Good: Thai Women Office Workers and Everyday Consumption Practices at Work; Kosum Omphornuwat.- Chapter 19. Thai daughters, English Wives: A Critical Ethnography of Transnational Lives; Chantanee Charoensri.- Chapter 20. The Expat Life with a Thai Wife: Thailand as an Imagined Space of Masculine Transformation; Megan Lafferty and Kristen Hill Maher.- Chapter 21. Women NGOs Movement for Fighting Against Domestic Violence; Suangsurang Mitsamphanta.- Chapter 22. Women's Agency in the Malay Muslim Communities of Southern Thailand; Andrea K. Molnar.- Chapter 23. Trafficking and Coerced Prostitution in Thailand: Re-Conceptualizing International Law in the Age of Globalization; Erin Kamler.- Chapter 24. Gender and Buddhism in the Wake of the Tsumani; Monica Lindberg Falk.- Chapter 25. Not Yet Queer Enough: Revising 'Gender' in Development; Witchayanee Ocha.- Chapter 26. Conceptualizing Thai Genderscapes: Transformation and Continuity in the Thai Sex/Gender System; Dredge Byung'chu Käng.- Chapter 27. The Third Gender as Seen in Thai Fiction; Jenjit Gasigijtamrong.- Part 5. Contemporary Health Concerns.- Chapter 28. Theravada Buddhist Temple Taking Care of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Thailand: A Case Study of Phrabatnampu Temple; Yoshihide Sakurai & Kazumi Sasaki.- Chapter 29. Authoritative Knowledge, Folk Knowledge and Antenatal Care in Contemporary Northern Thailand; Pranee Liamputtong and Somsri Kitisriworapan.- Chapter 30. Moral Aspect and the Effectiveness of Local Healing in Northern Thailand; Yongsak Tantipidoke.- Chapter 31. Phum Panya Chao Ban (Local Wisdom) and Traditional Healers in Southern Thailand; Dusanee Suwankhong and Pranee Liamputtong.- Chapter 32. Patronage, Domination or Collaboration? The Case of Thai Health Promotion Foundation; Atchara Rakyutidharm.