Table of Contents |
| Contemporary Thailand: An Introduction / Pranee Liamputtong | xiii |
pt. I | Thailand and Current Socio-cultural Issues | |
1. | Redefining "Thainess": Embracing Diversity, Preserving Unity / Suwilai Premsrirat | 3 |
2. | The Giant Swing (Lo Ching Cha): Brahmanical Origins and Its Significance to the Religious Culture of Thailand / Willard G. Van De Bogart | 23 |
3. | Thai Amulets: Symbol of the Practice of Multi-faiths and Cultures / Sophana Srichampa | 49 |
4. | Buddhist Temple: A Religious Capital Approach for Preparing Thailand Toward the Aging Society / Patcharin Ketjamnong | 65 |
5. | Beyond Localities: Community Development and Network Construction Among the Buddhist Monks in Northern Thailand / Mayumi Okabe | 83 |
6. | Hegemonic English, Standard Thai, and Narratives of the Subaltern in Thailand / Adcharawan Buripakdi | 95 |
7. | Digital Revolution and Its Discontents: Thai "Underground Metal" Scene and Their Love-Hate Relationship with New Technologies / Athip Jittarerk | 111 |
8. | The Thawiphop Phenomenon: Reimagining Nationalism in a Contemporary Thai Novel and Its Stage and Screen Adaptations / Morakot Jewachinda Meyer | 125 |
9. | Relatedness: Capitalism and the Sufficiency Economy in Rural Northeastern Thailand / Ratana Tosakul | 141 |
pt. II | Political Aspects in Thailand Today | |
10. | Party-Social Movement Coalition in Thailand's Political Conflict (2005--2011) / Aim Sinpeng | 157 |
11. | "For King and Country"? Thailand's Political Conflicts as Dynamics of Social Closure / Allan Lee | 169 |
12. | The Vulnerability of Thai Democracy: Coups d'etat and Political Changes in Modern Thailand / Pei-Hsiu Chen | 185 |
13. | Politics and the City: Protest, Memory, and Contested Space in Bangkok / Serhat Unaldi | 209 |
14. | The Politics of Change in Thai Cities: The Urban Poor as Development Catalysts / Diane Archer | 223 |
pt. III | Ethnic Issues in Contemporary Thailand | |
15. | Language and Cultural Rights in the Ethnic Revival Movement of the Black Tai in Khaoyoi, Petchaburi / Sumittra Suraratdecha | 237 |
16. | Lahu Students in Thai Schools: The Cases of Som and Noi / Matthew R. Juelsgaard | 253 |
17. | Rural-Urban Migration and Ethnic Minority Enterprise / Alexander Trupp | 267 |
pt. IV | Contemporary Gender and Queer Perspectives | |
18. | Learning to Look Good: Thai Women Office Workers and Everyday Consumption Practices at Work / Kosum Omphornuwat | 285 |
19. | Thai Daughters, English Wives: A Critical Ethnography of Transnational Lives / Chantanee Charoensri | 299 |
20. | The Expat Life with a Thai Wife: Thailand as an Imagined Space of Masculine Transformation / Kristen Hill Maher | 311 |
21. | Women NGOs' Movement for Fighting Against Domestic Violence / Suangsurang Mitsamphanta | 329 |
22. | Women's Agency in the Malay Muslim Communities of Southern Thailand / Andrea Katalin Molnar | 345 |
23. | Trafficking and Coerced Prostitution in Thailand: Reconceptualizing International Law in the Age of Globalization / Erin Kamler | 363 |
24. | Gender and Buddhism in the Wake of the Tsunami / Monica Lindberg Falk | 381 |
25. | Not Yet Queer Enough: Revising "Gender" in Development / Witchayanee Ocha | 393 |
26. | Conceptualizing Thai Genderscapes: Transformation and Continuity in the Thai Sex/Gender System / Dredge Byung'chu Kang | 409 |
27. | The Third Gender as Seen in Thai Fiction / Jenjit Gasigijtamrong | 431 |
pt. V | Contemporary Health Concerns | |
28. | Theravada Buddhist Temple Taking Care of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Thailand: A Case Study of Phrabatnampu Temple / Kazumi Sasaki | 445 |
29. | Authoritative Knowledge, Folk Knowledge, and Antenatal Care in Contemporary Northern Thailand / Somsri Kitisriworapan | 465 |
30. | Moral Aspect and the Effectiveness of Local Healing in Northern Thailand / Yongsak Tantipidoke | 487 |
31. | Phum Panya Chao Baan (Local Wisdom) and Traditional Healers in Southern Thailand / Pranee Liamputtong | 501 |
32. | Patronage, Dominance, or Collaboration? Thailand's NGOs and the Thai Health Promotion Foundation / Atchara Rakyutidharm | 517 |
| About the Editor | 533 |
| About the Contributors | 535 |