A history of manners and civility in Thailand
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A history of manners and civility in Thailand
Cambridge University Press, 2022, c2021
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-262) and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction : manners and the Thai habitus
- Buddhist ethics of conduct and self control
- Manners and the monarchy : prostration and civilization
- The making of the gentleperson
- Manners in a time of revolution
- From courtiers to ladies
- Royalist reaction : Thai manners as submission
- The passing of the gentleperson
- Conclusion : manners in Thailand's civilizing process