TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chaloemtiarana,Thak
TI  - Read till It Shatters: Nationalism and Identity in Modern Thai Literature
T2  - Asian Studies Series
SN  - 9781760462277
AV  - DS586 .C435 2018 
U1  - 959.3044 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Canberra
PB  - ANU Press
KW  - Thailand-Politics and government-1988-
KW  - Thai literature-20th century-History and criticism
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5532065
ER  -