Muai Thai cinema and the burdens of Thai men

South East Asia Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 407-424

  Kitiarsa, Pattana ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cultures of Thai men; Muai Thai cinema; Thai boxing; Thai masculinity

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL HERITAGE; CULTURAL TRADITION; FEMINIZATION; FILM; GLOBALIZATION; MASCULINIZATION; NATIONALISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 38149025678     PISSN: 0967828X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000007782717722     Document Type: Article

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