Peter Koret (26 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Silkworm Books, 1999. Trade Paperback. First Edition. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Very slight corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xi + 313 pages. lg 8vo. ill., maps. The first comprehensive social and cultural study of Laos in forty years. Laos stands at the center of mainland Southeast Asia. It shares borders with all the main states in the region including China, so that when one touches on Laos, one touches the heart of the region. Any study of culture and society in Laos inevitably leads into broader issues associated with all the surrounding societies and cultures concerning their origins and contemporary developments. While all the essays in this volume take Laos as their focal point they raise issues which overflow the boundaries of the Lao state. They focus on the creation of the idea of Laos and its culture, whether it be through literature, tourism, or the activities of nationalists, thereby contributing to more general debates on the nature of Southeast Asian nationalism. They look at questions of minorities in Laos and issues of ethnic change. And they look at Laos in its regional context, and at Lao businessmen in their new global context. Contents: From buffer state to crossroads state / Randi Jerndal & Jonathan Rigg -- Towards a new Laos / Soren Ivarsson -- Women, space, and history / Andrew Walker -- Elites in exile / Si-ambhaivan Sisombat Souvannavong --Ethnic change in highland Laos / Grant Evans -- The Lue of Muang Sing / Khampheng Thipmuntali -- Apprentice ethnographers / Grant Evans -- Royal relics / Ing-Britt Trankell -- Women's power and Theravada Buddhism / H. Leedom Lefferts, Jr. -- Books of search / Peter Koret -- Lao as a national language / N.J. Enfield.…

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Condition: New. 2013. Paperback. An unlikely tale of Buddhism, politics, and the creation of modern Thailand Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 211 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500. . . . . .

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Condition: New. 2013. Paperback. An unlikely tale of Buddhism, politics, and the creation of modern Thailand Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 211 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Condition: New. Presents fourteen of the author s short stories in English translation alongside the Lao originals, marking his formal debut for an American audience. Rather than writing through an ideological lens, the author focuses on the passions and foibles of ordinar.

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Condition: New. An unlikely tale of Buddhism, politics, and the creation of modern Thailand&Uumlber den AutorPeter KoretKlappentextrnrnPeter Koret has taught courses in Buddhism and Southeast Asian culture and the Thai.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Narin Phasit was one of the most remarkable yet little-known figures in the annals of Thai history, a man who devoted his life to what the seventh king of Siam called 'seeking a name for himself in a wildly inappropriate manner,' and he himself preferred to describe as 'working contentedly for my country, alone and despised by my fellow countrymen.'For what reason was Narin so despised During the period of the absolute monarchy, he insisted that government officials should be held accountable for their actions, and in the years that followed the revolution he spoke out strongly against the rise of the military. He also established the first line of female monks in the history of Siam and fought to abolish capital punishment. The place that he properly belonged, said the leader of his country, Field Marshal Phibul Songkhram, was inside a mental institution.Written as creative nonfiction, this is the engaging story of one man's relentless attempt to build a more humane society. Often told in Narin's own words, it is an unlikely tale of Buddhism, politics, and the creation of modern Thailand.…

1st edition softback with stiff wrappers As New octavo xviii + 397pp., b/w plates, bibliog., index, 'An unlikely tale of Buddhism, politics, and the creation of modern Thailand'.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Matthew is the grandson of Mr. Joshua Pusey, inventor of the match cover. Home-schooled by his family in the wonders of match technology and how it shaped the modern era, he is caught up in the culture of cigarette paraphernalia and the vibrant world of matchbook swapfests and collectible match cover conferences. Matthew is a master of drawing match covers in miniature. But despite the sublime level of his art and his lofty lineage, the floor manager at the Great American Match Company takes no interest in his work, ordering him to place his completed matchbook covers each day into a laundry chute. When he eventually learns about the invention of the cigarette lighter and realizes that no one (except his mother) takes his work seriously, he quits his job, empties his savings account, and travels to a Laotian mountaintop.There, under the tutelage of an alcoholic ex-monk, and later in his termite-infested and quite possibly haunted red-roofed cottage, Matthew discovers the mind-numbing beauty of a centuries-old tradition of literature incised by stylus on leaves of palm by successive generations of nameless scribes. He believes this tradition will teach him not how to find meaning in his life but rather how to rid his life of that meaning. Then one day he discovers something in the story of a stone cat that he could swear refers to a family secret, and perhaps his own fate. Or perhaps not. Peter Koret is the author of The Man who Accused the King of Killing a Fish: The Biography of Narin Phasit (1874-1970) and The History of Kham Thong Luang: A Translation and Study of an Early Twentieth Century Lao Poem. He has taught at Arizona State University, University of California, Berkeley, and the Shan National School in the Shan State of Myanmar. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…