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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005 ... ... Translation © Annira Silver Original book: Matti Sarmela, Kohtalon lait eivät katoa. Elämää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. ... ...hor. However, the name of the author must always be clearly indicated. Matti Sarmela Layout Hemmo Vattulainen Helsink... ...R DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World ... ...a hurry overtake recklessly. In Thailand, road traffic accidents cause the deaths of tens of thousands of people annually, but driving is unavoidable.... ...warn that slimming creams are ineffective and that lightening creams cause cancer. But the adverts roll on and continue to reinforce ideas of what is ... ...ere and the number of victims has begun to decline, although statistics on deaths will continue to rise. Maybe deaths from Aids will gradually become ... ...a list of medicinal plants by Terje Björnland and Trond Schumacher. Univ. California Press. Brummelhuis, Hanten – Jeremy H. Kemp (eds.) 1984. Strate... ... Ethnography Unbound. Power and Resistance in the Modern Metropolis. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. Caedès, G. 1964 (1962). The Making of South...

...ge Buddhism. The author draws surprising parallels between the worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based on a longitudinal field study, he wrote his description of three villages in Lampang Province, and the changes in villagers' lives over three decad...

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