Mimetic minorities: National identity and desire on thailand's fringe

Identities

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-130

  Jonsson, Hjorleifur ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mien; Mimesis; State minority relations; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; NATIONAL IDENTITY;

THAILAND;

EID: 77952529071     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: 15473384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10702891003733559     Document Type: Article

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