Titre :	Thailand (ang)
Auteurs :	Collectif, Auteur
Editeur :	Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Europa Editions, 2024
Collection :	The Passenger
Importance :	192 p.
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Résumé :	Recent Thai history is a thrills-and-spills tale filled with street clashes, palace coups, intrigues, attempted revolution, restoration and democratic elections. It is an impossible democracy where the working classes, progressives, and young urban professionals push for reforms and clash with the conservative nobility and business elite. Thailand is perceived as permissive and tolerant, but it hides a prudish core. And yet, one of its main cultural exports is Boy Love stories, romantic tales featuring male protagonists. These stories are the flagship of a cultural revolution and has brought investment in the entertainment industry and Thai soft power to new levels. Behind this sparkling Thailand—exemplified by its capital Bangkok, the most visited city in the world in 2023—are vast regions like Isaan in the Northeast (a third of the area and population) that remain far from the familiar tourist routes. With their ethnic and linguistic diversity and rural character, regions such as these embody the kaleidoscopic soul of a country often overwhelmed by waves of assimilation and centralization. Despite efforts to impose a single culture, ethnicity, and religion, Thailand's true strength seems to be syncretism, religious and otherwise, as demonstrated by the millions of Chinese immigrants who over the past century have increasingly mingled with the local populations to the point of becoming indistinguishable.
Note de contenu :	- The Song: 'Bangkok Legacy', Prabda Yoon - 'Expecto Patronum', Claudio Sopranzetti - Becoming Bangkokian: How to Be a Hyphen-Thai, Philip Cornwel-Smith - Higher Powers, Pitchaya Sudbanthad - Generational Trauma in Thailand's Deep South, Veerapong Soontornchattrawat - Heartland, Peera Songkünnatham - The Bodilesss Woman and Other Ghost Stories, Emma Larkin - Add a Pinch of Coriander, Valeria Palermi - A Country With No Refugees, Nicha Wachpanich - There Has Been Blood, Diana Hubbell - Boys' Love, Jidanun Lueangpiansamut
Mots-clés :	Thailand  South-East Asia  Buddhism  palm oil  ghosts  soft power  LGBTQ+  refugees  yaoi
Index. décimale :	959.3 Thailande
Genre :	Asie du Sud-Est
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Thailand (ang) [texte imprimé] / Collectif, Auteur . - Londres (8 Blackstone Mews, N4 2BT, Royaume-Uni) : Europa Editions, 2024 . - 192 p.. - (The Passenger) .
ISBN : 978-1-78770-577-7
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Résumé :	Recent Thai history is a thrills-and-spills tale filled with street clashes, palace coups, intrigues, attempted revolution, restoration and democratic elections. It is an impossible democracy where the working classes, progressives, and young urban professionals push for reforms and clash with the conservative nobility and business elite. Thailand is perceived as permissive and tolerant, but it hides a prudish core. And yet, one of its main cultural exports is Boy Love stories, romantic tales featuring male protagonists. These stories are the flagship of a cultural revolution and has brought investment in the entertainment industry and Thai soft power to new levels. Behind this sparkling Thailand—exemplified by its capital Bangkok, the most visited city in the world in 2023—are vast regions like Isaan in the Northeast (a third of the area and population) that remain far from the familiar tourist routes. With their ethnic and linguistic diversity and rural character, regions such as these embody the kaleidoscopic soul of a country often overwhelmed by waves of assimilation and centralization. Despite efforts to impose a single culture, ethnicity, and religion, Thailand's true strength seems to be syncretism, religious and otherwise, as demonstrated by the millions of Chinese immigrants who over the past century have increasingly mingled with the local populations to the point of becoming indistinguishable.
Note de contenu :	- The Song: 'Bangkok Legacy', Prabda Yoon - 'Expecto Patronum', Claudio Sopranzetti - Becoming Bangkokian: How to Be a Hyphen-Thai, Philip Cornwel-Smith - Higher Powers, Pitchaya Sudbanthad - Generational Trauma in Thailand's Deep South, Veerapong Soontornchattrawat - Heartland, Peera Songkünnatham - The Bodilesss Woman and Other Ghost Stories, Emma Larkin - Add a Pinch of Coriander, Valeria Palermi - A Country With No Refugees, Nicha Wachpanich - There Has Been Blood, Diana Hubbell - Boys' Love, Jidanun Lueangpiansamut
Mots-clés :	Thailand  South-East Asia  Buddhism  palm oil  ghosts  soft power  LGBTQ+  refugees  yaoi
Index. décimale :	959.3 Thailande
Genre :	Asie du Sud-Est
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