Heritage and identity in contemporary Thailand : memory, place and power / Ross King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Ross, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social values.

Conduct of life.

Thailand--Politics and government.

Thailand.

Politics and government.

Thailand--Religious life and customs.

Thailand--Conduct of life.

Thailand--Social values.

Thailand--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xiii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Singapore : NUS Press, [2017]

Summary:

Heritage and Identity in Contemporary Thailand explores the intersections of memory, place, power and tourism in the production of Thai heritage and identity. The author shows that underlying officially promulgated ideas is a much deeper, richer and sometimes darker substratum of memories and practices that both undermine and enrich conventional ideas of Thailand as a Kingdom, a nation and a culture. The book views Thai culture and its heritage from a variety of perspectives that are derived from the work of Thai scholars but refracted through a more Western epistemology and its attendant critical theory. Through a juxtaposition of Thai and Western critical scholarship, it highlights key elements of Thai identity or, more accurately, the diversity of Thai identities. In the process, the book raises questions about both Thai and Western thinking about knowledge and its production. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction 1

1 The Social Construction of Heritage 3

Part 2 Lieux de Mémoire: Heritage and Memory 31

2 Heritage and Imagination: Chiang Saen / Ross King King, Ross, Weeraphan Shinawatra Shinawatra, Weeraphan 35

3 Heritage and Interpretation: A Tale of Three Palaces / Ross King King, Ross, Sompong Amnuay-ngerntra Amnuay-ngerntra, Sompong 48

4 Heritage and Dialectics: The Ambiguities of Love in Thai Heritage / Ross King King, Ross, Supatra Boonpanyarote Boonpanyarote, Supatra 68

5 Heritage and Gender in Thai (Lanna) History and Memory / Ross King King, Ross, Ratchaneekorn Sae-Wang Sae-Wang, Ratchaneekorn 93

6 Whose Heritage? The Japanese Colonisation of Thailand / Ross King King, Ross, Sakesit Paksee Paksee, Sakesit 106

7 Hidden Heritage (1): Photharam and the Problem of Local Heritage / Ross King King, Ross, Rathirat Khewmesuin Khewmesuin, Rathirat 119

Part 3 Milieux de Mémoire: Heritage, Memory and Inequality

8 The Khlong / Ross King King, Ross, Cuttaleeya Jiraprasertkun Jiraprasertkun, Cuttaleeya 141

9 Hidden Heritage (2): Sukhumvit 71 / Ross King King, Ross, Pumin Varavan Varavan, Pumin 161

10 Informality as Heritage / Ross King King, Ross, Boonanan Natakun Natakun, Boonanan 181

11 Craft as Heritage: The Dilemma of the Craft Communities of Bangkok / Ross King King, Ross, Pensiri Chartniyom Chartniyom, Pensiri 196

12 Heritage and the Dispersal of Culture: The Phutai / Ross King King, Ross, Jinnapas Pathumporn Pathumporn, Jinnapas 213

13 Ban Pa-Ao, Pro-poor Tourism and the Question of Values / Ross King King, Ross, Sairoong Dinkoksung Dinkoksung, Sairoong 228

Part 4 Conclusion 249

14 Consuming Heritage, and the Tourist Gaze 251.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789814722278

9814722278

OCLC:

958436757