Post-Tsunami Recovery in Thailand: Socio-cultural responses
Author:   Monica Lindberg Falk (Lund University, Sweden)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781138023574


Pages:   206
Publication Date:   16 September 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Monica Lindberg Falk (Lund University, Sweden)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138023574


ISBN 10:   1138023574
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   16 September 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Framing relief and in post-tsunami Thailand 3. The day of disruption 4. A place of refuge: Organizing chaos 5. Communication across boundaries 6.Buddhism and ways to recovery 7.Donations, compensations and religious mission 8.Remembrance, commemoration and memorial ceremonies 9.Building resilience 10.Conclusion

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Falk's detailed study adds much to an understanding of how the tsunami disaster was confronted in Thailand. It also offers insights that are relevant to the understanding of major disasters elsewhere. Charles Keyes, University of Washington, The Journal of Asian Studies


Falk's detailed study adds much to an understanding of how the tsunami disaster was confronted in Thailand. It also offers insights that are relevant to the understanding of major disasters elsewhere. Charles Keyes, University of Washington, The Journal of Asian Studies


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Monica Lindberg Falk is a Social Anthropologist at Lund University, Sweden. She is the author of Making Fields of Merit: Buddhist Female Ascetics and Gendered orders in Thailand (2007), and has published several articles on themes related to gender, Buddhism, socially engaged Buddhism, and Buddhism and disasters.

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