Heritage and Identity in Contemporary Thailand
Memory, Place and Power
$85.82
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
29 June 2017
Summary
Using Thailand as a case study, Ross King examines the role of place in the formation of identity through memory. Employing the idea of French historian Pierre Nora that because we no longer live in environments of memory—places where the past is still vividly alive—we compensate by attaching ourselves to sites of memory, King explores whether Thailand offers an alternative vision, a place where modernity and heritage coexist. He looks closely at the myths of ancient Thai cities, the remainin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789814722278 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 9814722278 |
| Author: | Ross King |
| Publisher: | NUS Press |
| Imprint: | NUS Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 29 June 2017 |
| Weight: | 656g |
| Dimensions: | 226mm x 149mm x 17mm |
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“Elegantly presented, the book offers comprehensive, insightful and penetrating analyses of its deep subject and sound conclusions in the light of leading scholarship in the
“Elegantly presented, the book offers comprehensive, insightful and penetrating analyses of its deep subject and sound conclusions in the light of leading scholarship in the field.”–John H. Stubbs, Tulane School of Architecture
About The Author
Ross King
Ross King is a professorial fellow in the faculty of architecture building and planning at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Reading Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya: Negotiating Urban Space in Malaysia, also published by the National University of Singapore Press.
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