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Just enough : a journey into Thailand's troubled South / Mira Lee Manickam.
Penn Museum Library DS588.S68 M26 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Manickam, Mira Lee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manickam, Mira Lee--Travel--Thailand, Southern.
- Manickam, Mira Lee.
- Malays (Asian people)--Thailand, Southern--Social life and customs.
- Malays (Asian people).
- Muslims--Thailand, Southern--Social life and customs.
- Muslims.
- Civilization.
- Manners and customs.
- Thailand, Southern--Civilization.
- Thailand, Southern.
- Southern Thailand.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 200 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chiang Mai : Silkworm Books, [2013]
- Summary:
- Just Enough travels inside the conflict zone of Thailand's southernmost provinces and gets under the surface of traditional Malay Muslim culture. Mira Lee Manickam, an adventurous American researcher, takes us with her as she settles into a small fishing village in troubled Pattani Province. Stepping uncertainly into this deeply traditional world, she gains privileged access to a side of Malay Muslim society rarely seen by outsiders and obscured by the violence featured in Thai newspapers. In a style that is humorous, honest, and moving, Manickam charts the southern Thai conflict through her travels in the region and tells the stories of her friends in the village: a gang of wild-haired teenage boys who observe conservative religious protocol by day and listen to heavy metal in back-street teashops by night; a group of young women too educated to find husbands in the village but too traditional to leave; an impoverished fisherman with a Zen-like stance on impermanence; and a dropout who immerses himself in Western culture as a star rock-climber in a nearby beach resort These stories illustrate the tension between the values of a traditional Malay Muslim community and the demands of an increasingly modem Thai society. Just Enough is a personal journey of growth, loss, and friendship, and reveals the colors of daily life that lie beneath the black and white of newspaper headlines. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Shadows in the forest 1
- Shaky starts 4
- My path to Pattani 11
- Soccer, anyone? 18
- Wandering and wondering 31
- Fishing lessons with Haji Salim and Kak Amina 36
- The mysterious world of the wairun 45
- Trying to keep an open mind 51
- The horrors of Kru Se and Tak Bai 56
- When music is a sin 62
- The village singles' team 64
- They were yours all along 70
- The trouble with the tadika 80
- Sex Pistols and sarongs: Late nights with the wairun 86
- The cost of composure 92
- Escape to the Pranang Peninsula 94
- Losing my grandmother 106
- Finding a place in Siti's backyard 109
- The wonders of Phuket 114
- The end of the World Cup and the start of conversation 118
- Men, women, and the rules of engagement 124
- Breaching barriers 128
- Acts of affection 132
- How to create a tinderbox 136
- Love, marriage, and durian 140
- The passing of a life, and the power of a ponoh 146
- Inside the walls of Ponoh Pummiwittaya 154
- "Why are you so brave?" 164
- Homegrown hand-jive: Dike hulu on the beach 167
- The problem with government schooling 178
- Time to go home 184
- Different shapes of happiness 188
- Just enough 193.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9786162150548
- 6162150542
- OCLC:
- 837138808
- Publisher Number:
- 99954979953
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