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Disturbing Conventions Disturbing Conventions Decentering Thai Literary Cultures Edited by Rachel V. Harrison Foreword by Thongchai Winichakul London•NewYork PublishedbyRowman&LittlefieldInternational,Ltd. 16CarlisleStreet,London,W1D3BT www.rowmaninternational.com Rowman&LittlefieldInternational,Ltd.isanaffiliateofRowman&Littlefield 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706,USA WithadditionalofficesinBoulder,NewYork,Toronto(Canada),andPlymouth(UK) www.rowman.com Copyright©2014byRachelV.Harrisonandcontributors Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems, withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquote passagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN:HB978-1-78348-013-5 ISBN:PB978-1-78348-014-2 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Disturbingconventions:decenteringThailiterarycultures/editedbyRachelV.Harrison. pagescm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Summary:“AninterdisciplinarycollectionthatseekstoexploreThailiteratureinthewidercontextof theglobalperspectives,themesanddebateswithinthestudyofworldliterature”—Providedby publisher. ISBN978-1-78348-013-5(cloth:alk.paper)—ISBN978-1-78348-014-2(pbk.:alk.paper)— ISBN978-1-78348-015-9(electronic) 1.Thailiterature—Historyandcriticism.I.Harrison,RachelV.,editorofcompilation.II.Thanapol Limapichart.MakingoftheThaicanon.Contains(work): PL4200.D572014 895.9'109—dc23 2013046687 TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica ThisbookisdedicatedtoNopphornPrachakul(1956–2007),lecturerin FrenchliteratureatThammasatUniversity,Bangkok,andprolificThai literarycriticandculturalcommentator. NopphornPrachakul(courtesyofChusakPattarakulvanit,personalphotograph) Contents NoteonTransliterationandReferencing xi Foreword:DecenteringThaiStudies xiii ThongchaiWinichakul Acknowledgements xxi Introduction:TheoreticalF(r)ictions:CulturesofCriticism, ModesofColonialismandThaiLiteraryStudies 1 RachelV.Harrison PartI:Implication,InfluenceandtheColonialWest 35 1 TheRoyalSocietyofLiterature,or,theBirthofModern CulturalAuthorityinThailand 37 ThanapolLimapichart 2 ThroughtheLiteraryLens:Vajiravudh’sWritingsand Siam’sNegotiationswiththeImperialWest 63 ThosaengChaochuti 3 Mummies,SexandSand:BangkokGothicandthe AdventureFictionof“Victorian”Siam 79 RachelV.Harrison PartII:ConceptualisingThaiModernitythroughItsOthers: TheRural-UrbanDivide 101 4 LukIsan(AChildoftheNortheast):Techniquesof CompositionandIssuesofEthnicCulture 105 NopphornPrachakul 5 OrientalisationfromWithinandConsumingtheModern World:Rural-UrbanContactinThaiPopularLiteratureof the1970s 111 JanitFeangfu PartIII:Individuality,NoncomformityandSexuality:Reading AgainsttheGrain 137 6 ChatKobjitti’sTheVerdictandSomsong’sAppeal 147 ChusakPattarakulvanit ix
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