Download or read book Thai Images written by Niels Mulder and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a serious yet entertaining introduction to the public discourse going on in Thai society and the emergence of a particular culture of modernity. Rich in details and comments, this book examines how modern Thais know and debate about their society. In doing so, it signals trends in the evolution of urban Thai public opinion. To assess these, the study opens the treasury of the social studies curriculum, from elementary up to university; the press, and contemporary fiction. These, and purely economic and political interests, shape the diverse positions that engage each other in the current public discourse. Together, they mould the middle-class culture of modernity in Thailand while providing salient insights into the day-to-day practice of Thai politics.
Download or read book Thai Images of the Buddha written by Pūan (Lūang.) and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book CultureShock Thailand written by Robert Cooper and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CultureShock! Thailand provides a valuable crash course on the who’s who, and the whats and hows of the country, guiding readers through a wide range of topics for day-to-day living including how to interact with the local people and fit into Thai society. Discover when and how to wai as well as how to use the bathroom upcountry. Pick up useful information for settling in like where to stay, study and play and find out more about the Thai language and how to conduct business the Thai way. Full of humour and practical tips.
Download or read book Thailand written by Timothy D. Hoare Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to Thailand, providing a comprehensive, beyond-the-basics overview of the country, its history, economy, society, culture, and language. An essential guide that goes beyond the surface of food and fantasy, Thailand: A Global Studies Handbook offers important insight into the nation's history, culture, politics, fine arts, religion, and language. It sheds light on many often little understood facets of everyday Thai life and customs. The work covers a historical period of 800 years, documenting pivotal events and personalities, and presents an overview of the Thai economy, with a focus on the economic crisis of the 1990s and recent developments. Thai society is examined in detail, including education and the monarchy, the roles of religion, the effects of Westernization, home and family life, and current social issues. Specifically designed for general readers, students, and businesspeople, this book is a must-read when seeking an in-depth yet straightforward introduction to Thailand.
Download or read book Images of the Buddha in Thailand written by Pūan (Lūang.) and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thai Images written by Niels Mulder and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Images of the U S around the World written by Yahya R. Kamalipour and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how peoples of other nations perceive the U.S., how media of other nations portray the U.S., and how exported media products impact the U.S. image around the world.
Download or read book Flavors of Empire written by Mark Padoongpatt and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One night in Bangkok" : food and the everyday life of empire -- "Chasing the yum" : food procurement and early Thai Los Angeles -- Too hot to handle? restaurants and Thai American identity -- "More than a place of worship" : food festivals and Thai American suburban culture -- Thailand's "77th province" : culinary tourism in Thai Town
Download or read book Images of the Buddha in Thailand written by Dorothy H. Fickle and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asking first, "Who was the Buddha?" this concise yet complete study explores Buddhas's evolution from a historical teacher to a supernatural universal emperor. Fickle examines the features shared by all images of the Buddha, especially the images found in Thailand, and carefully delineates the historical influences on each style. A generous sampling of superb black-and-white and color illustrations further illuminate the beauty and variety of Thailand's Buddha images.
Download or read book Topology of Digital Images written by James F. Peters and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book carries forward recent work on visual patterns and structures in digital images and introduces a near set-based a topology of digital images. Visual patterns arise naturally in digital images viewed as sets of non-abstract points endowed with some form of proximity (nearness) relation. Proximity relations make it possible to construct uniform topologies on the sets of points that constitute a digital image. In keeping with an interest in gaining an understanding of digital images themselves as a rich source of patterns, this book introduces the basics of digital images from a computer vision perspective. In parallel with a computer vision perspective on digital images, this book also introduces the basics of proximity spaces. Not only the traditional view of spatial proximity relations but also the more recent descriptive proximity relations are considered. The beauty of the descriptive proximity approach is that it is possible to discover visual set patterns among sets that are non-overlapping and non-adjacent spatially. By combining the spatial proximity and descriptive proximity approaches, the search for salient visual patterns in digital images is enriched, deepened and broadened. A generous provision of Matlab and Mathematica scripts are used in this book to lay bare the fabric and essential features of digital images for those who are interested in finding visual patterns in images. The combination of computer vision techniques and topological methods lead to a deep understanding of images.
Download or read book Thai Picture Dictionary written by Jintana Rattanakhemakorn and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning some Thai--whether you're 5 or 100! This picture dictionary covers the 1,500 most common and useful Thai words and phrases. Each word is given in Thai script--with a Romanized version to help you pronounce it correctly-- and the English meaning. The words are grouped into 40 different themes or topics, including basics like meeting someone new and using public transportation to culture-specific topics like celebrating Thai holidays and eating Thai food. This colorful picture dictionary includes: Over 750 color photographs 1,500 culture-specific Thai words and phrases 38 different topics--from social media and counting to Thai food and holidays Example sentences showing how the words are used Free online audio recordings by native Thai speakers of all the vocabulary and sentences to download or stream An introduction to Thai pronunciation and grammar A bidirectional index to help you quickly look up words Thai Picture Dictionary makes language learning easier and more fun than traditional phrasebooks. This resource is perfect for beginners of all ages--curious kids, visual learners and future visitors to Thailand.
Download or read book Classic Thai written by Chami Jotisalikorn and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 350 full-color photographs and in-depth text, Classic Thai showcases the finest interior design art and architecture of the Kingdom of Thailand. From the glittering chedis of Bangkok's Grand Palace to the rustic simplicity of village dwellings, Thailand offers a rich diversity of art, architecture and design. Classic Thai seeks to define the unique characteristics of Thai style, be it through the country's rich arts and crafts tradition, in its plentiful temples and palaces, or in a contemporary home. Photographed entirely on location, Classic Thai is an indispensable guide to the wonders of Thailand.
Download or read book A New Look At Thai Aids written by Graham Fordham and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the detection of the first HIV infections in the early 1980s, by the 1990s Thailand was routinely depicted as having the world’s fastest moving HIV/AIDS epidemic. However, by the early 2000’s the bulk of scholarly and medical AIDS literature portrayed the epidemic as being largely under control, and claimed that Thai AIDS prevention efforts during the 1990s had been successful. Based on long-term ethnographic research conducted in Northern Thailand this book makes an in-depth study of the social construction of Thailand’s HIV/AIDS epidemic over this period. In addition to his own field research the author draws on an extensive corpus of English and Thai language social science and medical HIV/AIDS literature to examine the modeling of Thailand’s AIDS epidemic, and addresses concepts and issues such as risk groups, risk behaviour, alcohol use, gender and class, masculinity, the scapegoating of female prostitutes and men in the underclass, the reporting of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Thailand’s indigenous Thai language media, and sexual activity amongst Thai youth. The analysis demonstrates the contribution of anthropology as an interpretative social science, and the use of anthropological theory and research methods, to finding alternative ways of framing the problems of Thai AIDS and of posing new questions that will lead to more effective points of intervention. It emphasises the necessity for critically reflexive approaches that question the ‘taken for granted’ and demonstrates how qualitative research techniques guided by social theory have the potential to take account of local meanings in complex social contexts where traditional values and cultural practices are rapidly transforming due to economic and social change. The book offers a sustained and powerful criticism of the limitations of the normative model of the Thai AIDS epidemic and, in its aim of promoting critically reflexive AIDS research techniques in order to produce a better understanding of issues ‘on the ground’ and hence better health policy and more effective AIDS interventions, speaks not only to the Thai AIDS epidemic but to AIDS epidemics throughout Southeast Asia and elsewhere. This is the only English language study of Thailand’s HIV/AIDS epidemic to draw on long-term qualitative research in Northern Thailand as well as on a broad range of Thai (and some Khmer language) materials. Its contextualised and subtly nuanced analysis of the AIDS epidemic and of the impact of AIDS control initiatives, in concert with the theoretical and methodological contributions it makes to AIDS research and policy and behavioural interventions, makes it a timely publication of vital interest to scholars in the social sciences, as well as to the members of non-governmental organisations and international organisations working in the HIV/AIDS, health and development fields.
Download or read book The Buddha Images and Pagodas in Thailand written by Kandarapanguwe Dhammasiri and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Very Thai written by Philip Cornwel-Smith and published by River Books Press Dist A C. This book was released on 2005 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pioneering insight into contemporary Thai folk culture delves beyond the traditional Thai icons to reveal the casual, everyday expressions of Thainess that so delight and puzzle. From floral truck bolts and taxi altars to buffalo cart furniture and
Download or read book Images of Thailand written by William Warren and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overall impressions of a strange place are formed in many ways -- perhaps with the bricks and mortar of hard facts such as history, current statistics, and geographical features. But, as William Warren writes, an impression is more often founded on "those airy, elusive, highly subjective mental images gathered irresponsibly and at random along city streets and country roads, glimpsed accidentally through gateways and windows, from buses and taxis and trains rumbling through an alien night." In text and photographs, the always beautiful and often complex, multi-faceted kingdom of Thailand is explored: from temples to rice fields, from historical ruins to laughing faces, from the beauty of a Khon dance to the spectacle of a festival. In Images of Thailand, William Warren and Dean Barrett open up their very personal albums labeled "Thailand" and reveal much of the rich diversity of Thailand's people and of the distinctive culture they have created over the centuries. --Book Jacket.
Download or read book The Playbook written by Kwame Alexander and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion to the Newbery Medal-winning middle grade novel The Crossover, the basis of the show streaming on Disney+! What can we imagine for our lives? What if we were the star players, moving and grooving through the game of life? What if we had our own rules of the game to help us get what we want, what we aspire to, what will enrich our lives? Illustrated with photographs by Thai Neave, The Playbook is intended to provide inspiration on the court of life. Each rule contains wisdom from inspiring athletes and role models such as Nelson Mandela, Serena Williams, LeBron James, Carli Lloyd, Steph Curry, and Michelle Obama. Kwame Alexander also shares his own stories of overcoming obstacles and winning games in this motivational and inspirational book for readers of any age and for anyone needing a little bit of encouragement. You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar.
