Patrick Jory

A History of Manners and Civility in Thailand

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Produktbeschreibung

Patrick Jory presents the first ever history of manners in Thailand. Utilising Thai etiquette manuals dating from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century, he explores how societies have regulated personal and social behaviour over time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781108491242
• ISBN-10: 1108491243
• Artikelnr.: 60094266

Autorenporträt

Patrick Jory teaches Southeast Asian History at the University of Queensland and is President of the Association of Mainland Southeast Asia Scholars.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Manners and the Thai habitus
1. Buddhist ethics of conduct and self control
2. Manners and the monarchy: prostration and civilization
3. The making of the gentleperson
4. Manners in a time of revolution
5. From courtiers to ladies
6. Royalist reaction: Thai manners as submission
7. The passing of the gentleperson
8. Manners in Thailand's civilizing process.