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A meeting of masks : status, power and hierarchy in Bangkok /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vorng, Sophorntavy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Copenhagen : NIAS Press, 2017.
Series:Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series ; no. 135.
Subjects:
Bangkok (Thailand) > History.
Capitalism > Thailand > Bangkok > Social conditions.
Globalization > Thailand > Economic conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • A note on the text
  • Glossary of Thai terms
  • Introduction: Division and discontent
  • 1. Class and status in Thailand
  • 2. Indigenous space, hierarchy, and Kalathesa
  • 3. Hi-So discourse and middle-class aspirations
  • 4. City above countryside
  • 5. The value of a person.