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Free Download Patcharin Lapanun, "Love, Money and Obligation: Transnational Marriage in a Northeastern Thai Village"
English | ISBN: 981472291X | 2019 | 256 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Globalization has opened up a flow of economic and cultural exchanges. While we often think about these concepts in terms of trade policies or international treaties, they also play out in more intimate spheres, such as transnational marriages.
Northeast Thailand has seen an increase in marriages between Thai women and farang (Western) men. Often the women are less well off and from rural areas in the country, while the men largely come from the United States and Europe and settle permanently in Thailand. These unions have created a new social class, with distinctive consumption patterns and lifestyles. And they are challenging gender relations and local perceptions of sexuality, marriage, and family.
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