Mapping Thai Muslims: Community Dynamics and Change on the Andaman Coast

by Wanni W. Anderson

This longitudinal, anthropological study challenges the single, dominant narrative of Muslim discourse in Thailand. It focuses on Thai Muslims in the Nipa Island (pseudonym) community on the Andaman coast, whose economic and education aspirations, social relationships, and ethnic identity have been significantly altered through globalization and the religio-political unrest on the southeastern coast of Thailand. Nipa islanders seek to define themselves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9749511921
• ISBN13: 9789749511923
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Silkworm Books
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"