Broschiertes Buch

Disturbing Conventions

Decentering Thai Literary Cultures

Herausgeber: Harrison, Rachel V

Beschreibung

An interdisciplinary collection that seeks to explore Thai literature in the wider context of the global perspectives, themes and debates within the study of World Literature. In the wake of recent unrest in the country, it offers a rare insight into the unique cultural, political and historical context of Thailand.

Autor

Rachel V. Harrison is a Reader in Thai Cultural Studies in the Department of South East Asia at SOAS, University of London. She has published widely on issues of gendered difference, sexuality, modern literature and cinema in Thailand as well as the comparative literature of South East Asia. She is the co-editor, in collaboration with Peter A. Jackson, of The Ambiguous Allure of the West: Traces of the Colonial in Thailand (Hong Kong University Press and Cornell University Press). She is also editor of the journal South East Asia Research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9781783480142
• ISBN-10: 1783480149
• Artikelnr.: 40047484