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Bangkok Bound

Af: Ellen Boccuzzi Engelsk Paperback

Bangkok Bound

Af: Ellen Boccuzzi Engelsk Paperback
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With the acceleration of global migration, literature by migrant writers has emerged as a powerful medium for describing the ways in which global forces are experienced at the personal level. Migrant literature offers a compelling counter-narrative to abstract visions of globalization, grounding large-scale processes in real-life stories of individuals.

In Thailand, migrant writers have documented the social and cultural impacts of fifty years of rural-urban migration through hundreds of stories, poems, and novels. Bangkok Bound is the first book to examine this body of literature and to distill the messages conveyed by Thai migrant writers about their experiences. These stories powerfully describe the ways in which migrants who leave their homes bound for Bangkok are quickly bound to Bangkok through the transformative force of modern city life. And they show the ways in which those who remain behind in the village are transformed, too, as they struggle to maintain a rural way of life in a rapidly urbanizing world.

Bangkok Bound is a welcome addition to the fields of migration studies and urban studies. It will appeal to students and scholars of Thailand and Thai literature.

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With the acceleration of global migration, literature by migrant writers has emerged as a powerful medium for describing the ways in which global forces are experienced at the personal level. Migrant literature offers a compelling counter-narrative to abstract visions of globalization, grounding large-scale processes in real-life stories of individuals.

In Thailand, migrant writers have documented the social and cultural impacts of fifty years of rural-urban migration through hundreds of stories, poems, and novels. Bangkok Bound is the first book to examine this body of literature and to distill the messages conveyed by Thai migrant writers about their experiences. These stories powerfully describe the ways in which migrants who leave their homes bound for Bangkok are quickly bound to Bangkok through the transformative force of modern city life. And they show the ways in which those who remain behind in the village are transformed, too, as they struggle to maintain a rural way of life in a rapidly urbanizing world.

Bangkok Bound is a welcome addition to the fields of migration studies and urban studies. It will appeal to students and scholars of Thailand and Thai literature.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 200
ISBN-13: 9786162150500
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 616215050X
Udg. Dato: 17 dec 2012
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 140mm
Højde: 211mm
Forlag: Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
Oplagsdato: 17 dec 2012
Forfatter(e): Ellen Boccuzzi
Forfatter(e) Ellen Boccuzzi


Kategori Migration, immigration og emigration


ISBN-13 9786162150500


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 200


Udgave


Længde 0mm


Bredde 140mm


Højde 211mm


Udg. Dato 17 dec 2012


Oplagsdato 17 dec 2012


Forlag Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP