Rian Thai Vol. 6/2013

CONTENTS

  • Tourism, Nature, Healing, and Dissent: The Plurality of International Meditators in Thailand
    (Author : Brooke Schedneck)
  • Prolongation Ritual : Rite of Passage in Lanna Society
    (Author : Cherdchart Hirunro)
  • The Role of Mindfulness Meditation and Aesthetic Virtue in the Transition from the Emptiness of Self to Social Engagement: Buddhadasa’s Appropriation of D.T. Suzuki’s Theory of Buddhist Enlightement
    (Author : Geoff Ashton)
  • Transmitting Traditional Lanna Music in the Modern-Day City of Chiang Mai
    (Author : Joel Akins)
  • Rediffusion: History of Broadcasting and Chinese Society in Thailand, 1950s – 1970s
    (Author : Kornphanat Tungkeunkunt)
  • Woman Enter The ‘Public Sphere’: Thailand’s Post-Revolutionary Period 1932 – 1956
    (Author : Natanaree Posrithong)
  • The Role of Chinese Tea Shops in Promoting Chinese Tea Culture in Bangkok
    (Author : Sakaorat Harnkarnchanasuwat)
  • Compromised Margins: Rethinking Power, State and Village Relations in the Borderlands of Thailand and Lao PDR
    (Author: Soimart Rungmanee)
  • Endangered Thai Music Culture: The Current Situation of the khrueang sai pi chawa Ensemble
    (Author : Supeena Insee Adler)
  • Footloose Traders and the Making of a ‘Space of Exception’: Case Study of a Community of Chanthaburi Gem Traders in the Northern-most Border Town of Thailand
    (Author : Yuthpong Chantrawarin)
  • Thailand’s Unique Case of Inter-Gender Role Negotiations: Inter-Gender Sibling Rivalry and “Castration” in Thai Novels Depicting Gender Status Renegotiations in Chineses-Thai Families
    (Author : Ami Zarchi)

Honorary Editors

  • Yukio Ikemoto, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo
  • Hong-koo Kim, Pusan University of Foreign Studies, Pusan
  • William J. Klausner, Institute of Security and International Studies, Bangkok
  • Pranee Kullavanich, Sirindhorn Thai Center, Bangkok
  • Elizabeth Moore, School of Oriental and African Studies, London

Peer Review Committee

  • Prof Dr Supang Chantavanich
  • Asst Prof Dr Carina Chotirawe
  • Asst Prof Dr Pornprapit Phoasavadi
  • Assoc Prof Dr Suwanna Satha-anand
  • Asst Prof Dr Duang-Kamol Chartprasert
  • Assoc Prof Dr Bussakorn Binson
  • Sukanya Sujachaya
  • Adisorn Semyam
  • Premjai Vangsiriphisal

Editorial Board

  • Peter Skilling, Ecole fracaise d’Extreme-Orient, Bangkok
  • Suchitra Chongstitvatana, Director, Institute of Thai Studies
  • Justin McDaniel, Assoc Prof, University of Pennsylvania
  • Arthit Thongtak, Deputy Director, Institute of Thai Studies
  • Ritirong Jiwakanon, Deputy Director, Institute of Thai Studies
  • Pram Sounsamut, Deputy Director, Institute of Thai Studies

Editor

  • Suchitra Chongstitvatana

Assistant Editor

  • Frederick B. Goss