"We Love Mr King" : Malay Muslims of Southern Thailand in the wake of the unrest / Anusorn Unno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Unno, Anusorn, author.

Contributor:

ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Malays (Asian people)--Thailand--Politics and government.

Malays (Asian people).

Muslims--Political activity--Thailand.

Muslims.

Thailand, Southern--Politics and government.

Thailand, Southern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Singapore : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book is an ethnography of the Malay Muslims of Guba, a pseudonymous village in Thailand's Deep South, in the wake of the unrest that was primarily reinvigorated in 2004. It argues that the unrest is the effect of the way in which different forms of sovereignty converge around the residents of this region and the residents at the same time have cultivated themselves and obtained and enacted agency through the sovereigns. Rather than asking why the violence is increasing and who is behind it, like most scholarly works on the topic, it examines how different forms of sovereignty - ranging from the Thai state and the monarchy to Islamic religious movements, the insurgents and local strongmen impose subjectivities on the residents, how they have converged in so doing and what tensions have followed, and how the residents have dealt with these tensions and cultivated themselves and obtained and enacted agency through the sovereigns. The phrase 'We Love Mr King' or rao rak nay luang inscribed on the decorated, footed tray is one example of how the residents crafted themselves as royal subjects and enacted agency through the sovereign monarch.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgements

Main "Dramatis Personae" (Alphabetically)

Introduction

Chapter 1: Guba

Chapter 2: Winds of Change

Chapter 3: Subjectivities on the Rise

Chapter 4: The Clashes

Chapter 5: Living Lives with Multiple Subjectivities

Chapter 6: Engaging with the Sovereigns

Conclusion: Sovereignty in Crisis

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Feb 2019).

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-248) and index.

ISBN:

9789814818124

9814818127

OCLC:

1078747441