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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

... Translation © Annira Silver Original book: Matti Sarmela, Kohtalon lait eivät katoa. Elämää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. ... ...hor. However, the name of the author must always be clearly indicated. Matti Sarmela Layout Hemmo Vattulainen Helsink... ... Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY ... ... people who are studying in the technical schools and the teacher training college have come and rented properties in this village to live in. The dor... ...e university in Bangkok. Now I am studying at the Lampang teacher training college. No. I used to be a car trader. I sold cars in a marquee in Lampang... ... in Lampang, and young people who have obtained places in city schools and colleges are able to live at home. The village already contains many clerks... ...), Gender and Religion: on the Complexity of Symbols, 66–96. Beacon Press, Boston. — 1989. Thailand: Buddhist Kingdom as Modern Nation-State. Duang K... ...– George M. Foster (eds.) 1967. Peasant Society: A reader. Little & Brown, Boston. Potter, Sulamith H. 1977. Family Life in a Northern Thai Village. ... ...wer and Decision: The Social Control of Reproduction. Harvard Univ. Press, Boston. Rabibhadana, Akin 1969. The Organization of Thai Society in the ...

...ge Buddhism. The author draws surprising parallels between the worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based on a longitudinal field study, he wrote his description of three villages in Lampang Province, and the changes in villagers' lives over three decad...

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