1st Edition
Youth Culture and Identity in Northern Thailand Fitting In and Sticking Out
By Anjalee Cohen
Copyright 2020
196 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Youth Culture and Identity in Northern Thailand examines how young people in urban Chiang Mai construct an identity at the intersection of global capitalism, state ideologies, and local culture. Drawing on over 15 years of ethnographic research, the book explores the impact of rapid urbanisation and modernisation on contemporary Thai youth, focusing on conspicuous youth subcultures, drug use... Read more
- Introduction
- Chiang Mai: Urbanization and Community
- Youth Agency and Identity in Chiang Mai
- Dek Inter and the Other: Youth subcultures in Chiang Mai City
- Moral Panics and Symbolic Scapegoats: Thailand’s Social Order Campaign and the "War on Drugs"
- Youth and Ya Ba use in Chiang Mai
- Youth Gangs: Masculinity, Violence and Local Culture
- Conclusion
Biography
Anjalee Cohen is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Sydney, Australia.
