Global Aspirations/Local Affiliations: Exploring the Tensions of “Post-Crisis” Thai Cinema, 1997–2004
(2024)
Book Chapter
Harrison, R. (2024). Global Aspirations/Local Affiliations: Exploring the Tensions of “Post-Crisis” Thai Cinema, 1997–2004. In Z. Zhang, S. Lee, D. Mukherjee, & I. Paramaditha (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Asian Cinemas. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003266952-38
Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s 1999 movie, Rueang talok 69, exemplifies the cultural effects of Thailand’s Tom Yam Kung economic crisis that befell the country two years earlier. Its plot suggests a necessary retreat from the globalized, materialistic, and hen... Read More about Global Aspirations/Local Affiliations: Exploring the Tensions of “Post-Crisis” Thai Cinema, 1997–2004.