TY - JOUR
T1 - Rural male leadership, religion and the environment in Thailand's mid-south, 1920s-1960s
AU - Reynolds, Craig
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - By considering the historical significance of a southern Thai policeman, Khun Phantharakratchadet (1898-2006), I aim to shift historical writing away from the court, the aristocracy and the capital even though the social setting is not merely 'local' or 'peripheral' but an amalgam of elements found throughout the country. I also want to give credit to local historians often dismissed for being parochial, untheoretical and disposed to myth-making, and to show how tantric practices (saiyasat), the arts of self-defence, policing, banditry and masculinity intersect in the career of this policeman, a native of the unique environment in the Songkhla lakes district.
AB - By considering the historical significance of a southern Thai policeman, Khun Phantharakratchadet (1898-2006), I aim to shift historical writing away from the court, the aristocracy and the capital even though the social setting is not merely 'local' or 'peripheral' but an amalgam of elements found throughout the country. I also want to give credit to local historians often dismissed for being parochial, untheoretical and disposed to myth-making, and to show how tantric practices (saiyasat), the arts of self-defence, policing, banditry and masculinity intersect in the career of this policeman, a native of the unique environment in the Songkhla lakes district.
U2 - 10.1017/S0022463410000536
DO - 10.1017/S0022463410000536
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-4634
VL - 42
SP - 39
EP - 57
JO - Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
JF - Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
IS - 1
ER -