Imagining Siam: A Travellers' Literary Guide to ThailandThailand has been systematically transformed into a classic neocolonial object of Western desire - an easily penetrated erotic zone that caters to the appetites of Western interlopers. In the first comprehensive critical study of Western literature about Thailand, Imagining Siam provides a thorough analysis - using Edward Said's concepts - of English language travelogues and travel literature. It offers a broad view, covering literary attempts to describe Siam in the 13th century, through the formative phase of Western engagement in the 16th century and the various competing European imperialisms in the 19th century, to today's era of mass tourism and the global reach of economically and culturally powerful 'First World' populations. Imagining Siam will appeal to those interested in Thailand, critiques of travel writing, and the Anna Leonowens' legacy (Anna of Anna and the King of Siam). |
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... American Board , missionaries in Siam did not make one Thai convert ; the missionaries of the Presbyterian Board worked from the 1840s to 1859 before making their first convert , while the American Baptists made only 45 converts from ...
... American Board , missionaries in Siam did not make one Thai convert ; the missionaries of the Presbyterian Board worked from the 1840s to 1859 before making their first convert , while the American Baptists made only 45 converts from ...
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... American woman , Angela , married to the prince , Charoon ( ' Jerry ' ) , the lesson is clear : marry a Siamese and you will eventually become part of a harem . It is understandable , Landon says , that Angela falls for the Siamese man ...
... American woman , Angela , married to the prince , Charoon ( ' Jerry ' ) , the lesson is clear : marry a Siamese and you will eventually become part of a harem . It is understandable , Landon says , that Angela falls for the Siamese man ...
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... American idealism : the motif of American imperialism in The King and I , its progenitors and progeny ' , Eighth Maple Leaf and Eagle Conference on North American Studies , University of Helsinki , September 11–14 . Chambers , Erve ...
... American idealism : the motif of American imperialism in The King and I , its progenitors and progeny ' , Eighth Maple Leaf and Eagle Conference on North American Studies , University of Helsinki , September 11–14 . Chambers , Erve ...
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