CONTENTS

• Persistence and Transmission of Monness in Funeral Rites: A Case Study of Mons at Ko Kret
  (Author : Chayanut Intudom)
• Consumption of Globalized Food Among Isan Women in Bangkok: Globalization Vs Localization
  (Author : Helle B. M. Aasheim)
• Framing Religious Injustice: Thai Sangha’s Discourse on Buddhism Protection in the 21st Century
  (Author : Katewadee Kulabkaew)
• US Popular Representations of Thailand and the Construction of Uniqueness during the Cold War
  (Author : Matthew Phillips)
• A Comprehensive Study of Bhadrāsana Buddha Images from First-Millennium Thailand
  (Author : Nicolas Revire)
• Constructing “Thainess” in Thai gastronomy in Five-Star Hotels in Bangkok: Case studies of “Nahm” and “Sala Rim Naam”
  (Author : Niphatchanok Najpinij)
• Prefiguring ‘Pasteurization’?: Science, Society, and the Introduction of Vaccination to Siam
  (Author : Quentin (Trais) Pearson)
• To Drink, To Eat, To be Hungry and To be Thirsty in Jātakaṭṭhakathā: Meaning in Buddhism
  (Author : Ratchaneekorn Ratchatakorntrakoon)
• The Position and Meaning of Tom Yam Restaurants in Malaysia
  (Author : Suttiporn Bunmak)
• Bangkok Modern: Singapore and Batavia as models
  (Author : Udomporn Teeraviriyakul)
• “I Am Not Your Mother! I Am Phaengsri, the Goddess!”: A Medium’s Failure To Be A Good Daughter And Her Reconstruction of the Self
  (Author : Visisya Pinthongvijayakul)
• Rama III, Minh Mang and Power Paradigm in Early Nineteenth Century Mekong Valley
  (Author : Vu Duc Liem)

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
• Peter Skilling, Ecole fracaise d’Extreme-Orient, Bangkok

Peer Review Committee

• Prof. Dr. Siraporn Nathalang
• Dr. Peter Skilling
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pornpen Hantrakul
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maneewan Pewnim
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sukanya Bamrungsuk
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Theera Nuchpiam

Editorial Board

• Suchitra Chongstitvatana, Director, Institute of Thai Studies
• 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