Anjalee Cohen

Youth Culture and Identity in Northern Thailand

Fitting in and Sticking Out

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Produktbeschreibung

Youth Culture and Identity in Northern Thailand examines how young people in urban Chiang Mai construct an identity at the intersection of global capitalism, state ideologies and local culture.It explores the impact of rapid urbanisation and modernisation on contemporary Thai youth.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780815356615
• ISBN-10: 0815356617
• Artikelnr.: 69983117

Autorenporträt

Anjalee Cohen is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Chiang Mai: Urbanization and Community
3. Youth Agency and Identity in Chiang Mai
4. Dek Inter and the Other: Youth subcultures in Chiang Mai City
5. Moral Panics and Symbolic Scapegoats: Thailand's Social Order
Campaign and the "War on Drugs"
6. Youth and Ya Ba use in Chiang Mai
7. Youth Gangs: Masculinity, Violence and Local Culture
8. Conclusion