The ambiguous allure of the west : traces of the colonial in Thailand /

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The Ambiguous Allure of the West examines the impact of Western imperialism on Thai cultural development from the 1850s to the present and highlights the value of postcolonial analysis for studying the ambiguities, inventions, and accommodations with the West that continue to enrich Thai culture. Si...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Harrison, Rachel, 1963-, Jackson, Peter A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Ithaca, N.Y. : Hong Kong University Press ; Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications, 2010.
Temas:
1900-1999
Intercultural communication.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Civilization.
Civilization > Western influences.
Culturele invloeden.
Koloniale periode.
Etnische betrekkingen.
Thailand > History > 20th century.
Thailand > Civilization > 20th century.
Thailand > Civilization > Western influences.
Thaïlande > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Thaïlande > Civilisation > 20e siècle.
Thailand.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword:The Names and Repetitions of Postcolonial History; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Note on Transliteration and Referencing; Introduction: The Allure of Ambiguity: The "West" and the Making of Thai Identities; 1. The Ambiguities of Semicolonial Power in Thailand; 2. An Ambiguous Intimacy: Farang as Siamese Occidentalism; 3. Competitive Colonialisms: Siam and the Malay Muslim South; 4. Mind the Gap: (En)countering the West and the Making of Thai Identities on Film; 5. Blissfully Whose? Jungle Pleasures, Ultra-modernist Cinema and the Cosmopolitan Thai Auteur.

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