Class, Culture and Space

Front matter

Culture and Social Practi eee

Alexander Horstmann

Classa Culture and ‘Space The Construction and Shaping of Communal Space in South Thailand

Contents

StaterOhtheArey de eat Jee Wine TEET ARN Ss 3 Gomimurnial Space sncak reseni niy tee ete d a ERE 4 Previous Studies on the Middle Classes in, Southeast Asia yr r oe Phi ig See a Oe abe 8 Outlne.of Chapters csc eee sues ct oy wes Sheps 11 Border Stories 1 Chapter 1 Locals and Cosmopolitans Buddhisim: io Thailand: arrien eia vache Soe oad oe 16 The Sacred Landscape: Historiography of South Thailand... epa denen EAA Head es ee 22 Family and State: Chinese Immigrants IV Southern Slamien po sc gesl eee sag he bad nie ela eyes 22 Stories from the Border.... 2.0... 0.0.0 eee eee 24 Entering the Scenery: wasnt ised te SG GW a Se has 25 Sketching the Landscape: Some Illustrative Vignettes .... 0... cee eee eee 28 SOM. oats be ee soo eae us Se ay ins Shae es 29

Punite vance see? eee eer vere ae gee ee Baus 32 Krvathe pico catenins Pee eet aaa EER 33 Extending Networks reires eara a oya E eee ee eee 39 Chapter 2 The Making of Consumers

Nongyaw and Sompong: The Family is Juggling Home and Work... 0.0.6 eee 49 Moral Panics.-124co.13 i pid ina a a E a aa 50 Making up Domesticity: Emancipation and Subordination .2t eo: ovine eennioiee betaine a S 56

Chapter 3 Self-Affirmation, Globalization and Cultural Distinction in Klum ‘Rao Rak Songkla’.. 0... eee 61

Che Man’s Vision of the Local Islamic Community in Patani... 2... eee eee il Concluding Remarks ... 0.0.00... as eee eee 85 Chapter 4 Community Media and

Making Waves: Core Radio and other Media The Rise of Mediated Publicness in Southern Thailand ....97 Social Memory x 20% 6. test Sek a ERS Oe eee SG os 101 Theattés of MEMOJ porria ata E ieee A hea 103

Border Stories 3

Chapter 5 Morals Matter: Cultural Politics Cultural Politics Compared .... 0.0.00... 0... e eee eee 116

Public: Transcripts: ¢cs0ccg eo. iee etree eee eed 122 Leading Professionals in Songkla, Religious Authorities

i Patani <td Sica t ake haat oe he oe cae ee et 128 The Newcomer: Patterns of Mobilization and

Disciplination sse ecu ce eae eee cota ee neti a 129 Culture Building and the Politics of

Conclusion: Debating Morality and the Nation

After the Naton- Stater pecure eee eee eee 138 Debating Morality e rria aa a eee eee 139 Political Careers in Songkla... 6... eee eee ee 141

Cultural Bonds Between Patani and the: Middle Bast imceine a nE E aed pk aes 145

Transformation of Locality in Southern Thailand:

Locality, the Public Sphere and the Making of

INDUS iis 1S et a ee ae Re 153

List o f Tables, Figures and Map

Map Map 1. Southern Thailand, showing Songkla and Tables Table 1. Share and Growth of the Middle Classes in Thailand aeee dg Beet it ae eee ee ates 8

Figures Figure 1. Performing the Malay Silat in Satun, South Thailand... 0... 0... eee eee Figure 3. Wat Phra Kho, Reliquia, Songkla, South Thailand: errira lige e

Figure 5. Playing for a Muslim Wedding, South Thailand...

Figure 8. Reclining Buddha, Wat Sathing Phra, Songkla, South Thailand... 0... 0... . cee eee eee

Figure 10. Women Merit Making (tambun), Kelantan,

Malaysia ero vegan T ee ee ey yee Oe Re ees Figure 11. Wat Sathing Phra, Mural, Songkla,

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