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Read till It Shatters : Nationalism and Identity in Modern Thai Literature.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Asian Studies SeriesPublisher: Canberra : ANU Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (256 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781760462277
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Read till It ShattersDDC classification:
  • 959.3044
LOC classification:
  • DS586 .C435 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Foreword -- Author's introduction -- 1. The first Thai novels and the Thai literary canon -- 2. Racing and the construction of Thai nationalism -- 3. Adventures of a dangerous Thai woman: Huang rak haew luk (1949) -- 4. A civilized woman: M.L. Boonlua Debhayasuwan -- 5. Are we them? The Chinese in 20th-century Thai literature and history -- 6. Reading lowbrow autobiographies: The rich, the gorgeous and the comical -- Previously published works -- Index.
Summary: This book introduces readers to modern Thai literature through the themes of modernity, nationalism, identity and gender. In the cultural, political and social transformations that occurred in Thailand during the first half of the twentieth century, Thai literature was one of the vehicles that moved the changes.
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Intro -- Foreword -- Author's introduction -- 1. The first Thai novels and the Thai literary canon -- 2. Racing and the construction of Thai nationalism -- 3. Adventures of a dangerous Thai woman: Huang rak haew luk (1949) -- 4. A civilized woman: M.L. Boonlua Debhayasuwan -- 5. Are we them? The Chinese in 20th-century Thai literature and history -- 6. Reading lowbrow autobiographies: The rich, the gorgeous and the comical -- Previously published works -- Index.

This book introduces readers to modern Thai literature through the themes of modernity, nationalism, identity and gender. In the cultural, political and social transformations that occurred in Thailand during the first half of the twentieth century, Thai literature was one of the vehicles that moved the changes.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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