...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005 ... ...R DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World ... ... A VILLAGE IN NORTHERN THAILAND ... ...l 177 * Bodhi-tree festival 180 Dangers of life 182 Attraction of sex tourism 182 * Fated to contract Aids 183 * Drugs and the village commun... ...hailand churned out by modern information industry tells us only about sex tourism, drugs, Aids, child labour... as if the Western reader only wants t... ...l 177 * Bodhi-tree festival 180 Dangers of life 182 Attraction of sex tourism 182 * Fated to contract Aids 183 * Drugs and the village commun... ... Bertens, Hans 1995. The Idea of the Postmodernism. A History. Routledge, London. Bhamorabutr, Abha 1983 (1980). Thai Proverbs. Bangkok. Bissing, W... ...ng of South East Asia. Translated by H. M. Wright. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London. Castells, Manuel 1997. The Information Age: Economy, Society, Cult... ...ia Imperialism Reconsidered. The Homogenizing of Television Culture. Sage, London. Chitakasem, Manas – Andrew Turton (eds.) 1991. Thai Constructions ...

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