The intimate economies of Bangkok : tomboys, tycoons, and Avon ladies in the global city

Ara Wilson

Bangkok has been at the frontier of capitalism's drive into the global south for three decades. Rapid development has profoundly altered public and private life in Thailand. In her provocative study of contemporary commerce in Bangkok, Ara Wilson captures the intimate effects of the global economy in this vibrant city. "The Intimate Economies of Bangkok" is a multifaceted portrait of the intertwining of identities, relationships, and economics during Bangkok's boom years. Using innovative case studies of women's and men's participation in a range of modern markets - department stores, go-go bars, a popular downtown mall, a telecommunications company, and the direct sales corporations Amway and Avon-Wilson chronicles the powerful expansion of capitalist exchange into further reaches of Thai society. She shows how global economies have interacted with local systems to create new kinds of lifestyles, ranging from "tomboys" to corporate tycoons to sex workers. Combining feminist theory with classic anthropological understandings of exchange, this historically grounded ethnography maps the reverberations of gender, sexuality, and ethnicity at the hub of Bangkok's modern economy.

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  • List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Notes on Transliteration and Dates Introduction: Intimate Economies 1. From Shophouse to Department Store 2. The Economies of Intimacy in the Go-Go Bar 3. MBK: The Retail Revolution and the Infrastructure of Romance 4. The Flexible Citizens of IBC Cable TV 5. The Avon Lady, the Amway Plan, and the Making of Thai Entrepreneurs Conclusion: The Intimacy of Capitalism Notes Bibliography Index

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書名 The intimate economies of Bangkok : tomboys, tycoons, and Avon ladies in the global city
著作者等 Wilson, Ara
出版元 University of California Press
刊行年月 c2004
ページ数 xvi, 272 p.
大きさ 23 cm
ISBN 0520239687
0520237838
NCID BA67853750
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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