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Citizens and local communities are often the best guardians of their own heritage

This unusual and intriguing study of nationhood explores the nineteenth-century confrontation of ideas that transformed the kingdom of Siam into the modern conception of a nation

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Belittled Citizens: The Cultural Politics of Childhood on Bangkok’s Margins Buddhist Art and the edited volume withGiuseppe Bolotta A splendidly original, multi situated ethnography of marginalized children in Bangkok, the first of its kind. Explores the intersection between Thai politics, urban poverty, religion, and global humanitarianism from the perspective of slum children in Bangkok. Demonstrates that childhood is best understood in Thailand as a political category. Offers startling new insights into how ideas of parenthood and infantilization shape Thai