Davis reveals how Tai Lües are reviving and reinventing their culture in ways that contest the official state version
His record of villages along the Chao Phraya River that specialized in making coffins
Translated by Rebecca Bissett Buechel
“This book reveals the hidden face of Thailand’s industrial and migration policies
and intra-regional dynamics
What's What in a Wat Thai Buddhist Temples: Their Purpose and Design Medium Davis reveals how Tai Lües8 drawings, 72 b w illus., 58 color illus. As you walk through a Thai temple, a host of unfamiliar objects, shapes, and patterns tug at you from every direction. This handy and lucid guidebook will help you distinguish what is what. It takes you through a representative Thai Buddhist temple, guiding you from structure to structure and element to element, explaining the function and purpose of each, and the symbolism behind the forms. A Thai wat can be