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Heritage and Identity in Contemporary Thailand

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Heritage and Identity in Contemporary Thailand

By Ross King

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About the book

Using Thailand as a case study, Ross King examines the role of place in the formation of identity through memory. Employing the idea of French historian Pierre Nora that because we no longer live in environments of memory-places where the past is still vividly alive-we compensate by attaching ourselves to sites of memory, King explores whether Thailand offers an alternative vision, a place where modernity and heritage coexist. He looks closely at the myths of ancient Thai cities, the remaining r...Show more

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9789814722278

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NUS Press

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2017

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Heritage and Identity in Contemporary Thailand

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