TY - BOOK ID - 77941404 TI - Ambiguous Allure of the West, The : Traces of the Colonial in Thailand AU - Jackson, Peter A. AU - Harrison, Rachel V. PY - 2011 SN - 9882207499 128275033X 9786612750335 988220547X 9789882205475 9789622091214 9622091210 9789622091238 9622091237 9780877276074 0877276072 9780877276081 0877276080 9789882207493 PB - Chiang Mai, Thailand : Baltimore, Md. : Silkworm Books, Project MUSE, DB - UniCat KW - Sociology of culture KW - anno 1900-1999 KW - Thailand KW - Civilization KW - Western influences. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77941404 AB - The Ambiguous Allure of the West examines the impact of Western imperialism on Thai cultural development from the 1850s to the present and highlights the value of postcolonial analysis for studying the ambiguities, inventions, and accommodations with the West that continue to enrich Thai culture. Since the mid-nineteenth century, Thais have adopted and adapted aspects of Western culture and practice in an ongoing relationship that may be characterized as semicolonial. As they have done so, the notions of what constitutes ""Thainess"" have been inflected by Western influence in complex and ambi ER -