Yos Santasombat
Biographic Data
| ID | 124319 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yos Santasombat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yos |
| FAMILY NAME | Santasombat |
| SIGNATURE | SANTASOMBAT Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chiang Mai University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Turbaned Northern Thai-ness: Selective transnationalism, situational ethnicity and local cultural intimacy among Chiang Mai Punjabis
Chiang Mai is home to approximately 400 diasporic Punjabis, some of whom are sixth-generation residents of Thailand. While their transnational orientation, distinct sartorial choices and cultural practices might present them as outsiders to essential Thainess, Northern Thai Punjabis transgress the national image of Thainess and subjectively consider themselves to be Northern (Lanna) Thais. At the same time, these Thai citizens avail themselves of…
Transnational Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Case Studies from Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore
Transnational Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Case Studies from Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore
The Sociology of Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Prospects
Rent Capitalism and Shifting Plantations in the Mekong Borderlands
“Southeast Asian Affairs, first published in 1974, continues today to be required reading for not only scholars but the general public interested in in-depth analysis of critical cultural, economic and political issues in Southeast Asia. In this annual review of the region, renowned academics provide comprehensive and stimulating commentary that furthers understanding of not only the region’s dynamism but also of its tensions and conflicts. It is…
Chinese Capitalism and Economic Integration in Southeast Asia
China’s rise exerts a powerful pull on ASEAN economies and constitutes an impetus for a resinicization of Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. China has become a skilled practitioner of “commercial diplomacy”, and as long as it continues to lead the way in regional integration, China’s state-led capitalism will seek to integrate itself into the ASEAN Economic Community. This in effect becomes China’s essential strategy of desecuritization for the …
Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia: Cultures and Practices
Beyond Borders: Stories of Yunnanese Chinese Migrants of Burma
Beyond Borders: Stories of Yunnanese Chinese Migrants of Burma." Journal of Borderlands Studies, 33(4), pp. 655–656
Impact of China's Rise on the Mekong Region
© Yos Santasombat, 2015. All rights reserved. This book presents a contemporary analysis of the impact of China s rise on the Mekong Region with particular focus on the consequences stemming from investment, trade, foreign aid, and migration
Lak Chang: A reconstruction of Tai identity in Daikong
The Thai—Yunnan Project is proud to present this English-language version of Professor Yos Santasombat’s fascinating ethnography of the Tai in Daikong, southwestern China. It represents a significant contribution to the ethnographic record of the Tai peoples.
Karen cultural capital and the political economy of symbolic power
For the Karen of northern Thailand, constructing the image of Karen as forest guardians and conservationists has produced an instrument of struggle against the official hegemonic discourse. This image construction is the accumulation of cultural capital and its transformation into symbolic power. The Karen cultural producers promote this strategy by investing their local knowledge and cultural resources into political action and alliances that re…
The End Of Premocracy In Thailand
On 5 December 1987, Thailand celebrated the sixtieth birthday of King Bhumipol Adulyadej, one of the most beloved monarchs in Thai history. This celebration outshone all previous ones for it was His Majesty's fifth-cycle birthday which, according to Thai tradition, represents the golden age in a man's life, the age when a man's wisdom, tolerance and statesmanship have fully matured. The royal ceremony was held that day at Phra Meru field outside …
Karen cultural capital and the political economy of symbolic power
For the Karen of northern Thailand, constructing the image of Karen as forest guardians and conservationists has produced an instrument of struggle against the official hegemonic discourse. This image construction is the accumulation of cultural capital and its transformation into symbolic power. The Karen cultural producers promote this strategy by investing their local knowledge and cultural resources into political action and alliances that re…
Impact of China's Rise on the Mekong Region
© Yos Santasombat, 2015. All rights reserved. This book presents a contemporary analysis of the impact of China s rise on the Mekong Region with particular focus on the consequences stemming from investment, trade, foreign aid, and migration
The End Of Premocracy In Thailand
On 5 December 1987, Thailand celebrated the sixtieth birthday of King Bhumipol Adulyadej, one of the most beloved monarchs in Thai history. This celebration outshone all previous ones for it was His Majesty's fifth-cycle birthday which, according to Thai tradition, represents the golden age in a man's life, the age when a man's wisdom, tolerance and statesmanship have fully matured. The royal ceremony was held that day at Phra Meru field outside …
Karen cultural capital and the political economy of symbolic power
For the Karen of northern Thailand, constructing the image of Karen as forest guardians and conservationists has produced an instrument of struggle against the official hegemonic discourse. This image construction is the accumulation of cultural capital and its transformation into symbolic power. The Karen cultural producers promote this strategy by investing their local knowledge and cultural resources into political action and alliances that re…
Lak Chang: A reconstruction of Tai identity in Daikong
The Thai—Yunnan Project is proud to present this English-language version of Professor Yos Santasombat’s fascinating ethnography of the Tai in Daikong, southwestern China. It represents a significant contribution to the ethnographic record of the Tai peoples.
Impact of China's Rise on the Mekong Region
© Yos Santasombat, 2015. All rights reserved. This book presents a contemporary analysis of the impact of China s rise on the Mekong Region with particular focus on the consequences stemming from investment, trade, foreign aid, and migration
Beyond Borders: Stories of Yunnanese Chinese Migrants of Burma
Beyond Borders: Stories of Yunnanese Chinese Migrants of Burma." Journal of Borderlands Studies, 33(4), pp. 655–656
Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia: Cultures and Practices
Chinese Capitalism and Economic Integration in Southeast Asia
China’s rise exerts a powerful pull on ASEAN economies and constitutes an impetus for a resinicization of Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. China has become a skilled practitioner of “commercial diplomacy”, and as long as it continues to lead the way in regional integration, China’s state-led capitalism will seek to integrate itself into the ASEAN Economic Community. This in effect becomes China’s essential strategy of desecuritization for the …
The Sociology of Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Prospects
Rent Capitalism and Shifting Plantations in the Mekong Borderlands
“Southeast Asian Affairs, first published in 1974, continues today to be required reading for not only scholars but the general public interested in in-depth analysis of critical cultural, economic and political issues in Southeast Asia. In this annual review of the region, renowned academics provide comprehensive and stimulating commentary that furthers understanding of not only the region’s dynamism but also of its tensions and conflicts. It is…
Transnational Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Case Studies from Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore
Transnational Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Case Studies from Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore
Turbaned Northern Thai-ness: Selective transnationalism, situational ethnicity and local cultural intimacy among Chiang Mai Punjabis
Chiang Mai is home to approximately 400 diasporic Punjabis, some of whom are sixth-generation residents of Thailand. While their transnational orientation, distinct sartorial choices and cultural practices might present them as outsiders to essential Thainess, Northern Thai Punjabis transgress the national image of Thainess and subjectively consider themselves to be Northern (Lanna) Thais. At the same time, these Thai citizens avail themselves of…
Political science (9 works) · Geography (5 works) · History (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (5 works) · Capitalism (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (4 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (3 works) · Asian Studies and History (3 works)