Programming beauty and the absence of Na Lao: Popular Thai TV and identity formation among youth in northeast Thailand

GeoJournal

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-272

  Hesse Swain, Catherine ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Development; Discourse; Gender; Identity; Isan; Lao; Politics; Thai television; Thailand

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TELEVISION;

DISCOURSE; POLITICS; THAI TELEVISION;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CULTURAL IDENTITY; ETHNICITY; POLITICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 33751182610     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-006-9028-x     Document Type: Article

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