| Imagining Siam: A Travellers' Literary Guide to Thailand Volume 68 Contributor(s): Dann, Caron Eastgate (Author) |
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ISBN: 1876924624 ISBN-13: 9781876924621 Publisher: Monash Asia Institute OUR PRICE: $36.58 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2008 Annotation: Thailand 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). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia |
| Dewey: 895.910 |
| LCCN: 2011381174 |
| Series: Monash Papers on Southeast Asia |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.8" W x 8.1" (0.90 lbs) 250 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thailand 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). |
