The Funeral Casino
Subtitle: Meditation, Massacre, and Exchange with the Dead in Thailand
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: February 11, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780691074597
Subjects: Buddhism; Death & dying; Demonstrations & protest movements; Ethnography; Violence in society; Politics and government; Asia - Southeast Asia; Social Science; Violence in mass media; Sociology; Thailand; Anthropology - General; Anthropology; Asian and Asian American Studies; Social Science / Anthropology / General; 1945-1988; 1988-; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Massacres
First sentence: In Bangkok's upscale Royal Hotel, Channel 11 is taping a talk show, a special memorial edition of "Looking from Different Perspectives," the Maung Dang Moom show.