Cultural crisis and social memory: Modernity and identity in Thailand and Laos.(Book Review)

From: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | Date: October 1, 2003| Author: Delcore, Henry D. | Copyright information

Edited by SHIGEHARU TANABE and CHARLES F. KEYES London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2002. Pp. xii, 312. Plates, Notes, Bibliography, Index. DOI: S0022463403220488

'Social memory' has been the subject of recent attention within anthropology, history and other disciplines. This volume, with its introduction and eleven articles, represents the 'state of the art' in the study of social memory in Thailand and Laos. All but two articles deal with lowland Tai-speaking communities or issue...

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