Markets, media, and magic: Thailand's monarch as a 'virtual deity'

Inter-Asia Cultural Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 361-380

  Jackson, Peter A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

King Bhumibol; Neoliberalism; Occult economies; Prosperity religions; Technologies of enchantment; Thai politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350227147     PISSN: 14649373     EISSN: 14698447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649370902949366     Document Type: Article

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