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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Thai identity"”.
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Thai popular music: The representation of national identities and ideologies within a culture in transition
Thai popular music always reflects and reproduces the concerns of Thai people in changing times especially in regard to issues relating to identity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the preservation of Thai identity and the ideologies surrounding it and the …
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Luang Wichit Wathakan : official nationalism and political legitimacy prior to World War II
… that even the casual observer in contemporary Thailand is apt to notice are the endless nationalist appeals by the state calling for unity and co-operation among the Thai public in order for the nation to progress. These official exhortations, which stress loyalty, duty and sacrifice, reflect a …
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Luang Wichit Wathakan : official nationalism and political legitimacy prior to World War II
… that even the casual observer in contemporary Thailand is apt to notice are the endless nationalist appeals by the state calling for unity and co-operation among the Thai public in order for the nation to progress. These official exhortations, which stress loyalty, duty and sacrifice, reflect a …
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Speaking in Thai, dreaming in Isan: Popular Thai television and emerging identities of Lao Isan youth living in northeast Thailand
… Kaen and nearby town Mahasarakham experience Thainess or khwampenthai in its most popular form – television. People who inhabit the northeast of Thailand interchangeably label themselves and are labelled by others as Isan, Thai Isan, Lao Isan, Thai or Lao, depending on the ethnic, political, …
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The Buddhist and the Khaek: A Study of the Thai State's Ontological Security and Self-Identity
… of the ontological security and self-identity anxiety of the Thai states through its rhetoric in relation to Thai and Malayu Muslims. The main question being posed in this thesis is how the Thai state justified the use of force during the Tak Bai Incident in 2004 and the Ratchaprasong …
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The Last Elephant Catchers: (In)Visible Indigenous Heritage in Thailand
… is addressed by examining the impact of the Thai state’s AHD—influenced by Western and local, historically derived values—on the elephant-related traditions of the Indigenous Kui people of Northeast Thailand, utilising ethnographic fieldwork. The endangerment of the Asian elephant, the loss …
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The Generation of Forms and Thai Typeface Design
… are very common for a developing country such as Thailand. Losing the identity and significant quality of Thai culture is the biggest concern in this rapid movement in Thai society. The biggest challenge is to preserve the existing culture within the development in the society. These problems …