The tapestry of language and theory: Reading Rosalind Morris on post-structuralism and Thai modernity

South East Asia Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-377

  Jackson, Peter A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Modernity; Post structuralist theory; Thai studies; Translation

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; LANGUAGE; MODERNITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WORLD;

EID: 12344276783     PISSN: 0967828X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/0000000042690153     Document Type: Review

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