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Globalisation, Tourism and Simulacra: A Baudrillardian Study of Tourist Space in Thailand book cover

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Globalisation, Tourism and Simulacra A Baudrillardian Study of Tourist Space in Thailand

By Kunphatu Sakwit Copyright 2021
156 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

156 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

156 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book draws on the thought of Baudrillard to explore the effects of globalisation and tourism in a Thai context. Arguing that tourism does not necessarily erode local culture but that local culture can in fact be recreated through globalisation and tourism, the author employs studies of the Damnoen Saduk and Pattaya floating markets, showing them to be simulations of Thai culture that undergo... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Revisiting Globalisation

3. Conceptualising Tourism

4. Baudrillard, Globalisation and Tourism

5. Circulation of Value and Sign

6. A False Dichotomy of Globalisation and the Play of Differences

7. Globalisation and Simulacra

8. Concluding Remarks

Biography

Kunphatu Sakwit is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. She obtained a PhD in Sociology from University of Kent, and a Master’s degree in Social and Cultural Theory from University of Bristol. I completed my first degree in Political Science, majoring sociology from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. My research interests are in Baudrillard studies, postmodernism, sociology of tourism, socioloy of globalisation, critical and social theory, and also risk society.

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