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This innovative volume is the first systematic study of civil society elites in Southeast Asia (and indeed anywhere in the world)
to find out the most accessible route to the disputed Shan State of Keng Tung through Siamese territory
Jeffrey asserts that certain images of “The Prostitute” have silenced discourses of prostitution as work
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the Pheu Thai Party and the Red Shirt movement appear to have established the people of northeastern Thailand as an authentic voice in the nation’s political landscape
Luk Thung: The Culture and Politics of Thailand’s Most Popular Music Practices of the Self This innovative volume is theSince the 1960s, the hybrid popular music called luk thung has embodied the aspirations, frustrations, and sorrows of Thailands working class. Global scholarship, however, has been slow in pulling back the curtain on this seminal genre. In this pioneering book, ethnomusicologist James Mitchell traces the history of luk thung, lays out its musical influences and characteristics, and gives an inside view into the world of luk thung through ethnographic