Thailand has become well known throughout the world for wonderful
cuisine, great package holidays, sumptuous temples and textiles.
Noticeably absent from glossy tourist brochures but equally well
known throughout the Western world is Thailand's seedier side - the
world of child exploitation, rampant prostitution and AIDS.
Thailand maintains its appeal by slipping the ugly and painful out
of sight and by promoting women as exotic visual icons through
beauty contests, state rituals and the sex trade.
This book explores the construction of gender in Thailand and in
particular the role Bangkok plays in establishing gender relations
for the whole of the country. It examines the historical and
cultural processes underlying Thai public culture, including
historical theme parks. The author demonstrates how the materiality
of the Thai world shapes gender relations and how Buddhism
discourages essentialisms, including fixed binary gender
identities. Throughout the book, appearances are shown to be
critically important, and the essentialism of gender is maintained
through display, public presentations, and everyday material
practices.
Anyone wishing to understand the complexity of Thailand will find
this book provides a highly readable and insightful analysis.
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