Sirijit Sunanta
Biographic Data
| ID | 3797261 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sirijit Sunanta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sirijit |
| FAMILY NAME | Sunanta |
| SIGNATURE | SUNANTA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mahidol University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3447-4648 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Cross-Border Intimate Mobilities Between the Global South and North
Three decades ago, influential marriage migration perspectives emerged that importantly transformed the agenda for studies on how women from the Global South experience intimate relations with men from the wealthier North. Applying feminist gender perspectives, this field centered on a woman's subjective lived experiences of her asymmetrical, unequal union with a foreign man, focusing on reproductive labor and questions of hypergamy. It remains t…
Thai Wild Berry Pickers in Finland Under Contradictory Migration Regimes
This study examines the contradictory migration regimes governing seasonal migration of Thai nationals—predominantly farmers from Isan Region with strong migration aspirations—who travel to pick wild berries in Finland. Migration policy analysis and 14 semi‐structured interviews with key social actors reveal the contested status of Thai wild berry pickers within both the sending and receiving states, as well as within the EU migration regime. Thi…
Is Bangkok Really a Gay Haven? Intersectional Negotiations Shaping Identity and Belonging among Queer Filipino Migrant Workers
Til death do us part? End-of-life care for ageing Western husbands in Thailand
After a few decades of large-scale transnational marriages and migration of Thai women to countries in the Global North, the phenomenon has matured and Western-Thai married couples have aged, particularly the men who tend to be older than their Thai wives. This article examines the understudied topic of Western man – Thai woman couples in their old age, focusing on those who decide to spend their late life in Thailand. Ageing in Thailand as non-c…
They Are ‘Asians Just Like Us
SOJOURN is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of social and cultural issues in Southeast Asia. It publishes empirical and theoretical research articles with a view to promoting and disseminating scholarship in and on the region. Areas of special concern include ethnicity, religion, tourism, urbanization, migration, popular culture, social and cultural change, and development. Fields most often represented in the journal are anthrop…
Globalising Thailand through gendered 'both-ways' migration pathways with 'the West
Background and aim:In the contemporary world, one of the factors that has attracted increasing attention is sound control.Flexible polyurethane, which are one of the favorite materials in sound insulation, can also achieve better properties by reinforcing natural fibers.The purpose of this study is to make a polyurethane hybrid composite with kenaf and rice husk, as well as a combination of kenaf /rice husk to reduce the noise of the reactive sil…
Globalising the Thai 'high-touch' industry
This paper examines the global trade of Thai tourism and related service industries such as restaurant, spa and hospital – service activities in which the body and bodily emotions of both service consumers and providers are central. I will demonstrate how the Thai state and private sector market Thai services to the world and construct Thailand as a destination for bodily and spiritual fulfilment. Analysing Thailand as an exporter of care and bod…
Gendered practices in urban ethnic tourism in Thailand
From rural life to transnational wife
Popular and academic discourses of globalization are often gender biased, focusing on formal and impersonal realms of the market, politics, and technologies. This article explores an intimate dimension of globalization by analyzing the transnational marriage trend among women in northeast Thailand (Isan's) villages. The phua farang (foreign husband) phenomenon in Isan epitomizes the intimate link between the global political economy and individua…
Globalising Thailand through gendered 'both-ways' migration pathways with 'the West
Background and aim:In the contemporary world, one of the factors that has attracted increasing attention is sound control.Flexible polyurethane, which are one of the favorite materials in sound insulation, can also achieve better properties by reinforcing natural fibers.The purpose of this study is to make a polyurethane hybrid composite with kenaf and rice husk, as well as a combination of kenaf /rice husk to reduce the noise of the reactive sil…
From rural life to transnational wife
Popular and academic discourses of globalization are often gender biased, focusing on formal and impersonal realms of the market, politics, and technologies. This article explores an intimate dimension of globalization by analyzing the transnational marriage trend among women in northeast Thailand (Isan's) villages. The phua farang (foreign husband) phenomenon in Isan epitomizes the intimate link between the global political economy and individua…
Globalising the Thai 'high-touch' industry
This paper examines the global trade of Thai tourism and related service industries such as restaurant, spa and hospital – service activities in which the body and bodily emotions of both service consumers and providers are central. I will demonstrate how the Thai state and private sector market Thai services to the world and construct Thailand as a destination for bodily and spiritual fulfilment. Analysing Thailand as an exporter of care and bod…
Gendered practices in urban ethnic tourism in Thailand
They Are ‘Asians Just Like Us
SOJOURN is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of social and cultural issues in Southeast Asia. It publishes empirical and theoretical research articles with a view to promoting and disseminating scholarship in and on the region. Areas of special concern include ethnicity, religion, tourism, urbanization, migration, popular culture, social and cultural change, and development. Fields most often represented in the journal are anthrop…
Til death do us part? End-of-life care for ageing Western husbands in Thailand
After a few decades of large-scale transnational marriages and migration of Thai women to countries in the Global North, the phenomenon has matured and Western-Thai married couples have aged, particularly the men who tend to be older than their Thai wives. This article examines the understudied topic of Western man – Thai woman couples in their old age, focusing on those who decide to spend their late life in Thailand. Ageing in Thailand as non-c…
From rural life to transnational wife
Popular and academic discourses of globalization are often gender biased, focusing on formal and impersonal realms of the market, politics, and technologies. This article explores an intimate dimension of globalization by analyzing the transnational marriage trend among women in northeast Thailand (Isan's) villages. The phua farang (foreign husband) phenomenon in Isan epitomizes the intimate link between the global political economy and individua…
Gendered practices in urban ethnic tourism in Thailand
They Are ‘Asians Just Like Us
SOJOURN is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of social and cultural issues in Southeast Asia. It publishes empirical and theoretical research articles with a view to promoting and disseminating scholarship in and on the region. Areas of special concern include ethnicity, religion, tourism, urbanization, migration, popular culture, social and cultural change, and development. Fields most often represented in the journal are anthrop…
Globalising Thailand through gendered 'both-ways' migration pathways with 'the West
Background and aim:In the contemporary world, one of the factors that has attracted increasing attention is sound control.Flexible polyurethane, which are one of the favorite materials in sound insulation, can also achieve better properties by reinforcing natural fibers.The purpose of this study is to make a polyurethane hybrid composite with kenaf and rice husk, as well as a combination of kenaf /rice husk to reduce the noise of the reactive sil…
Globalising the Thai 'high-touch' industry
This paper examines the global trade of Thai tourism and related service industries such as restaurant, spa and hospital – service activities in which the body and bodily emotions of both service consumers and providers are central. I will demonstrate how the Thai state and private sector market Thai services to the world and construct Thailand as a destination for bodily and spiritual fulfilment. Analysing Thailand as an exporter of care and bod…
Til death do us part? End-of-life care for ageing Western husbands in Thailand
After a few decades of large-scale transnational marriages and migration of Thai women to countries in the Global North, the phenomenon has matured and Western-Thai married couples have aged, particularly the men who tend to be older than their Thai wives. This article examines the understudied topic of Western man – Thai woman couples in their old age, focusing on those who decide to spend their late life in Thailand. Ageing in Thailand as non-c…
Is Bangkok Really a Gay Haven? Intersectional Negotiations Shaping Identity and Belonging among Queer Filipino Migrant Workers
Cross-Border Intimate Mobilities Between the Global South and North
Three decades ago, influential marriage migration perspectives emerged that importantly transformed the agenda for studies on how women from the Global South experience intimate relations with men from the wealthier North. Applying feminist gender perspectives, this field centered on a woman's subjective lived experiences of her asymmetrical, unequal union with a foreign man, focusing on reproductive labor and questions of hypergamy. It remains t…
Thai Wild Berry Pickers in Finland Under Contradictory Migration Regimes
This study examines the contradictory migration regimes governing seasonal migration of Thai nationals—predominantly farmers from Isan Region with strong migration aspirations—who travel to pick wild berries in Finland. Migration policy analysis and 14 semi‐structured interviews with key social actors reveal the contested status of Thai wild berry pickers within both the sending and receiving states, as well as within the EU migration regime. Thi…
Sociology (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Geography (4 works) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (4 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Mobilities (3 works)