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Heritage and Identity in Contemporary Thailand

Ross King
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      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 royal palaces, historical monuments, small towns and villages, and the proliferating slums of Bangkok in order to create a unique and nuanced perspective of contemporary Thailand and its many ideas of Thai identity.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Ross King EAN: 9789814722278 COUNTRY: Singapore PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: NUS Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2017-02-28 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Population and demography, Asian history, Social and cultural history

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      Ross King is a professorial fellow in the faculty of architecture building and planning at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Reading Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya: Negotiating Urban Space in Malaysia, also published by the National University of Singapore Press.
      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 royal palaces, historical monuments, small towns and villages, and the proliferating slums of Bangkok in order to create a unique and nuanced perspective of contemporary Thailand and its many ideas of Thai identity.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Ross King EAN: 9789814722278 COUNTRY: Singapore PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: NUS Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2017-02-28 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Population and demography, Asian history, Social and cultural history

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      Ross King is a professorial fellow in the faculty of architecture building and planning at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Reading Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya: Negotiating Urban Space in Malaysia, also published by the National University of Singapore Press.

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