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6%OFFEllen Boccuzzi - Bangkok Bound - 9786162150500 - V9786162150500
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Bangkok Bound

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Description for Bangkok Bound Paperback. Explores literature by migrant writers which has emerged as a powerful medium for describing the ways in which global forces are experienced at the personal level Num Pages: notes, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1FMT; GTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.

With the acceleration of global migration, literature by migrant writers has emerged as a powerful medium for describing the ways in which global forces are experienced at the personal level. Migrant literature offers a compelling counter-narrative to abstract visions of globalization, grounding large-scale processes in real-life stories of individuals.

In Thailand, migrant writers have documented the social and cultural impacts of fifty years of rural-urban migration through hundreds of stories, poems, and novels. Bangkok Bound is the first book to examine this body of literature and to distill the messages conveyed by Thai migrant writers about their experiences. These ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Chiang Mai, Thailand
ISBN
9786162150500
SKU
V9786162150500
Shipping Time
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About Ellen Boccuzzi
Ellen Boccuzzi is a Foreign Service Officer with USAID.

Reviews for Bangkok Bound
"An engaging and authoritative study of literary representations of migration from the provinces to Bangkok based on a wide reading of short stories written over the last four decades and interviews with major writers and critics. It will be of interest not only to students of literature, but also to anyone interested in social change in Thailand in the late ... Read more

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