Seditious Histories

Contesting Thai and Southeast Asian Pasts

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

559 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar

Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

This collection of eleven essays by senior Asianist Craig Reynolds features debates about meaning in Southeast Asian and Thai history. He explores themes that have hitherto been treated superficially in Thai historical writing, including Siam's semicolonialism in the late nineteenth century, the concepts of militarism and masculinity, collective memory and dynastic succession, the relationship of manual knowledge to ethnoscience, and the dialectics of globalization. Other more familiar topics under Reynolds's microscope, treated with new material and approaches, include cultural nationalism and religious history.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2006-03-06
Mått152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt553 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian StudiesSeditious Histories
Antal sidor382
FörlagUniversity of Washington Press
ISBN9780295986104

Tillhör följande kategorier

PrologueAcknowledgmentsSourcesStudying Southeast Asia1. A New Look at Old Southeast Asia2. Paradigms of the Premodern StateSeditious Histories of Siam3. Mr. Kulap and Purloined Documents4. A Seditious Poem and Its History5. Feudalism as a Trope for the Past6. Engendering Thai Historical WritingCultural Studies7. Religious Historical Writing in Early Bangkok8. Buddhist Cosmography in Thai Intellectual History9. A Thai-Buddhist Defense of Polygamy10. A Thai Manual Knowledge: Theory and PracticeThe Dialectics of Globalization11. National Identity and Cultural NationalismEpilogueBibliographyIndex

"As an Indologist and a folklorist, I am confident that this book is a masterpiece of Thai social history that will lead to the writing of 'seditious histories' of other Southeast Asian countries."(Journal of Folklore Research) "The essays in this collection are lucid and provocative. To borrow the title of a classic Siamese literacy manual analyzed by Reynolds, Seditious Histories is a 'gem of thought.' ."(Journal of Asian Studies) "Deeply introspective, yet conceptually broad, Seditious Histories is essential reading for scholars and students of Southeast Asia and Thai Studies."(The Historian) "This is a superb collection which anyone with an interest in Thai culture and history will enjoy."(Journal of the Siam Society) "Reynolds succeeds in bridging the gap between the modern western mind and the Thai world of thought in which extreme reverence for moral hierarchy and king, and Buddhist-animistic syncretism come 'naturally.' With this feat, he generously fulfills his promise of sharing with his readers the 'historical sensation' of transcending differences in mentalities and languages. It is precisely this that makes the collection a most valuable asset for students of Southeast Asia in general and those of interpretive historiography in particular."(New Asia Books: IIAS Newsletter)