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Chinese Identity in Thailand

Chinese Identity in Thailand 43 Chinese Identity in Thailand Walwipha Burusratanaphand Thammasat University, Thailand Introduction .. Last year I met a Japanese scholar who was interested in Thai society. He mentioned that he liked Thailand because he heard that there were no serious conflicts between the various ethnic groups. He wanted to study this situation as an example for dealing with minority groups in Japan. He seemed to have great appreciation of the "uniqueness" of the Thai people. Anderson (1978) laments that this notion of "uniqueness" has hampered Thai Studies: Siam, however, not being ex-colonial, was taken as ipso facto, 'unique'. And this "uniqueness" was typically celebrated, rather than studied or concretely . demonstrated. Again, the general influence of Southeast Asianism was deleterious to Thai studies. Where everyone else was struggling to represent Burmese, Indonesian, or Vietnamese uniqueness, Thai specialists could, and did, proudly . 'assume' Thai uniqueness .... In this sense, the ethnic Burmans were forced to confront their own "minority-ness" within the Burmese nation. Modern Burmese nationalism has been deeply conscious of and concerned by the whole complex question of 'national identity' and 'national integration'.... In spite of the potential advantage of the Thai of having as the name of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Journal of Social Science Brill

Chinese Identity in Thailand

Burusratanaphand, Walwipha
Asian Journal of Social Science , Volume 23 (1): 43 – Jan 1, 1995
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Brill
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© 1995 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1568-4849
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10.1163/030382495X00042
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43 Chinese Identity in Thailand Walwipha Burusratanaphand Thammasat University, Thailand Introduction .. Last year I met a Japanese scholar who was interested in Thai society. He mentioned that he liked Thailand because he heard that there were no serious conflicts between the various ethnic groups. He wanted to study this situation as an example for dealing with minority groups in Japan. He seemed to have great appreciation of the "uniqueness" of the Thai people. Anderson (1978) laments that this notion of "uniqueness" has hampered Thai Studies: Siam, however, not being ex-colonial, was taken as ipso facto, 'unique'. And this "uniqueness" was typically celebrated, rather than studied or concretely . demonstrated. Again, the general influence of Southeast Asianism was deleterious to Thai studies. Where everyone else was struggling to represent Burmese, Indonesian, or Vietnamese uniqueness, Thai specialists could, and did, proudly . 'assume' Thai uniqueness .... In this sense, the ethnic Burmans were forced to confront their own "minority-ness" within the Burmese nation. Modern Burmese nationalism has been deeply conscious of and concerned by the whole complex question of 'national identity' and 'national integration'.... In spite of the potential advantage of the Thai of having as the name of

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