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Imagining communities in Thailand : ethnographic approaches / edited by Shigeharu Tanabe.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chiang Mai : Mekong Press, 2008.Description: 221 pages : ill., maps; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9789741339648
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.09593 TAN
Contents:
Introduction: Imagined and imagining communities /​ Shigeharu Tanabe Policing the imagined family and children in Thailand : from family name to emotional love /​ Thanes Wongyannava An "imagining" community : the case of Sisa Asoke, Si Sa Ket province /​ Kanoksak Kaewthep Constructing and maintaining the Ta-la-ku community : the Karen along the Thai-Myanmar border /​ Kwanchewan Buadaeng Making sense of place : a case study of vendors and small entrepreneurs in the Chiang Mai night bazaar /​ Apinya Fuengfusakul The romantic ethic and the notion of modern society : imagining communities among northern Thai factory women /​ Kyonosuke Hirai Suffering, community, and self-government : HIV/​AIDS self-help groups in northern Thailand /​ Shigeharu Tanabe Reflections: Imagined and imagining communities /​ Roger Goodman.

"This book originates from the international symposium "Imagining communities: ethnographic approaches in South East Asia" held on November 17-18, 2003, at the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan"-- Acknowledgments.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-209) and index.

Introduction: Imagined and imagining communities /​ Shigeharu Tanabe Policing the imagined family and children in Thailand : from family name to emotional love /​ Thanes Wongyannava An "imagining" community : the case of Sisa Asoke, Si Sa Ket province /​ Kanoksak Kaewthep Constructing and maintaining the Ta-la-ku community : the Karen along the Thai-Myanmar border /​ Kwanchewan Buadaeng Making sense of place : a case study of vendors and small entrepreneurs in the Chiang Mai night bazaar /​ Apinya Fuengfusakul The romantic ethic and the notion of modern society : imagining communities among northern Thai factory women /​ Kyonosuke Hirai Suffering, community, and self-government : HIV/​AIDS self-help groups in northern Thailand /​ Shigeharu Tanabe Reflections: Imagined and imagining communities /​ Roger Goodman.

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