National Identity and Its Defenders - Thailand Today

List of contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Preface to the Revised Edition

Introduction: National Identity and its Defenders

The Crisis of Siamese Identity

State-Identity Creation, State-Building and Civil Society, 1939-1989

What Makes Central Thai a National Language?

Thai Nationalism and Identity: Popular Themes

The Frontiers of Thailand

Thai Buddhist Identity: Debates on the Traiphum

Thai Identity in the Astrological Tradition

The Case of the Purloined Lintel: The Politics of a Khmer Shrine as a Thai National Treasure

Identity and Authority in Thailand

What is the Thai Village?

Rumours, Foul Calumnies and the Safety of the State: Mass Media and National Identity in Thailand

Thai Identity in the Age of Globalization

Contributors

Index

About the author

Edited by Craig J. Reynolds

Product details

• Assisted by: Craig J Reynolds (Editor), Craig J. Reynolds (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2002
• EAN: 9789747551884
• ISBN: 978-974-7551-88-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories