Contributions

  • Thongchai Winichakul - Foreword

Publication

2014 - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

74,000 words, Guess

Page Count

296 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC895.9
  • LCCPL4200.D57 2014

Description

Disturbing Conventions draws the study of Thai literature out of the relative isolation that has to date impeded its participation in the wider field of comparative and world literature. Predominantly penned by Thai academics, the collection decentres Thai literary studies in order to move beyond the traditionalist, conservative concerns of the academy which have, until relatively recently, foreclosed the use of “Western” theory in the study of Thai literature. The book introduces new frames of analysis to the study of Thai literature to bring it into dialogue with debates in wider fields and the world beyond its national borders. As a result, Disturbing Conventions offers an essential contribution to the comparative study of world literature and Asian cultural studies.

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  • Disturbing Conventions: Decentering Thai Literary CulturesPaperbackRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated2014-01-01

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