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Author King, Ross, author.

Title Heritage and identity in contemporary Thailand : memory, place and power / Ross King
Published Singapore : NUS Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 319 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Half title page; Full title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1 -- INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 -- The Social Construction of Heritage; Part 2 -- LIEUX DE MÉMOIRE: HERITAGE AND MEMORY; Chapter 2 -- Heritage and Imagination: Chiang Saen; Chapter 3 -- Heritage and Interpretation: A Tale of Three Palaces; Chapter 4 -- Heritage and Dialectics: The Ambiguities of Love in Thai Heritage; Chapter 5 -- Heritage and Gender in Thai (Lanna) History and Memory; Chapter 6 -- Whose Heritage? The Japanese Colonisation of Thailand
Chapter 7 -- Hidden Heritage (1): Photharam and the Problem of Local HeritagePart 3 -- MILIEUX DE MÉMOIRE: HERITAGE, MEMORY AND INEQUALITY; Chapter 8 -- The Khlong; Chapter 9 -- Hidden Heritage (2): Sukhumvit 71; Chapter 10 -- Informality as Heritage; Chapter 11 -- Craft as Heritage: The Dilemma of the Craft Communities of Bangkok; Chapter 12 -- Heritage and the Dispersal of Culture: The Phutai; Chapter 13 -- Ban Pa-Ao, Pro-poor Tourism and the Question of Values; Part 4 -- Conclusion; Chapter 14 -- Consuming Heritage and the Tourist Gaze; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-301) and index
Notes In English
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Subject Social values -- Thailand
HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
Politics and government
Conduct of life
Social conditions
Social values
Nationalbewusstsein
Identität
Kulturerbe
Kollektives Gedächtnis
SUBJECT Thailand -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86002109
Thailand -- Religious life and customs
Thailand -- Conduct of life
Thailand -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00002662
Subject Thailand
Thailand
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017344061
ISBN 9789813250321
9813250321