Working Towards the Monarchy and its Discontents: Anti-royal Graffiti in Downtown Bangkok

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 377-403

  Ünaldi, Serhat ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bhumibol Adulyadej; charisma; graffiti; king; Max Weber; monarchy; red shirts; Thailand; Thaksin Shinawatra

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901622011     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2013.842260     Document Type: Article

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