Morris, Rosalind C.

In the place of origins : modernity and its mediums in northern Thailand / Modernity and its mediums in northern Thailand Rosalind C. Morris. - Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2000. - ix, 380 p. ; 24 cm. - Body, Commodity, Text .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-370) and index.

Writing, exchange, translation; a poetics of the modern -- Ruin, or, What the new city remembers -- First, forgetting -- The appearance of order -- The secret of the dish -- Transmissions, or, the appearance of culture -- Representation: locality and the spirit of democracy -- Outside, eyeless, and on fire: the apotheosis of representation -- After all else: the end of mediumship?

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Mediums--Thailand--Chiang Mai Region.
Ethnology--Thailand--Chiang Mai Region.


Medios--Thailandia--Chiang Mai región
Etnología--Thailandia--Región de Chiang Mai.

BF 1242 / M877p 2000

133.9/1/09593