
Cultural Crisis and Social Memory
Modernity and Identity in Thailand and Laos
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 31. May 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
324 pages
978-1-138-99053-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores social memory in the context of cultural crises of modernity in Thailand and Laos. It explicates the ways in which social memory constructed by the people enters modernity, and how this in turn causes fundamental ruptures with their past, as well as the various ways cultural crises are experienced in their lives. The essays in this book consider how in these crises the people constitute their cultural, social, or individual identities, particularly focusing on the theoretical issues of identifications and their relevance to distinct historical processes in Thailand and Laos.
Both countries, particularly in the two decades since the 1970s, have been undergoing radical social and economic changes. Whilst Thailand has travelled down the road to industrialization, neighbouring Laos experienced a communist revolution in 1975 and only since the late 1980s has attempted to follow a reformist path to development. Increasingly influenced by globalised economic and social institutions, both countries have come to face crises that have made people insecure in the present and anxious about the future.
Both countries, particularly in the two decades since the 1970s, have been undergoing radical social and economic changes. Whilst Thailand has travelled down the road to industrialization, neighbouring Laos experienced a communist revolution in 1975 and only since the late 1980s has attempted to follow a reformist path to development. Increasingly influenced by globalised economic and social institutions, both countries have come to face crises that have made people insecure in the present and anxious about the future.
Reviews / Votes
'This volume offers a fine collection of essays on the complex and ever-evolving issue of social memory.' - Asian Journal of Social ScienceMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
497 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-99053-1 (9781138990531)
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Charles F. Keyes | Shigeharu Tanabe
Cultural Crisis and Social Memory
Modernity and Identity in Thailand and Laos
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Modernity and Identity in Thailand and Laos
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Cultural Crisis and Social Memory
Modernity and Identity in Thailand and Laos
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Charles F. Keyes, Shigeharu Tanabe
Content
Part I. Ritual, Spirit mediumship, and the Politics of the Past Part II. Cultural Crisis and the Re-framing of Thai-ness Part III. On the Margins of the Thai World Reflections by Masato Fukushima, International University of Japan