TY - BOOK ID - 85663951 TI - A history of manners and civility in Thailand PY - 2021 SN - 1108858546 1108868002 1108871496 1108491243 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Etiquette KW - Buddhism KW - Conduct of life KW - Habitus (Sociology) KW - Social norms KW - Social psychology KW - Ethics, Practical KW - Morals KW - Personal conduct KW - Ethics KW - Philosophical counseling KW - Ceremonies KW - Condolence, Etiquette of KW - Manners KW - Politeness KW - Usages KW - Manners and customs KW - History. KW - Social aspects KW - Religious aspects KW - Buddhism. KW - Thailand KW - Social life and customs. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85663951 AB - Manners have long been a central concern of Thai society. Kings, aristocrats, prime ministers, monks, army generals, politicians, poets, novelists, journalists and teachers have produced a large corpus of literature that sets out models of appropriate behaviour. These include such things as how to stand, walk, sit, pay homage, prostrate oneself in the presence of high-status people, sleep, eat, manage bodily functions, dress, pay respect to superiors, deal with inferiors, socialize, and play. These modes of conduct have been taught or enforced by families, monasteries, court society, and, in the twentieth century, the state, through the education system, the bureaucracy, and the mass media. In this innovative new social history, based on Thai manners and etiquette manuals dating from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century, Patrick Jory presents the first ever history of manners in Thailand and challenges the idea of Western influence as the determinant of change in ideals of conduct. ER -