Alyson Brody
Biographic Data
| ID | 90855 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alyson Brody |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alyson |
| FAMILY NAME | Brody |
| SIGNATURE | BRODY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Development Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Bodily practices and medical identities in southern Thailand - By Merli, Claudia
The Cleaners You Aren’t Meant to See: Order, Hygiene and Everyday Politics in a Bangkok Shopping Mall
Although thousands of rural Thai migrants to Bangkok are employed as janitors, to date little research has been conducted on this industry. This paper addresses this lacuna by providing a detailed ethnography of working practices among cleaners in a Bangkok shopping mall, focusing upon how ideas of hygiene, order, and discipline are used to construct a “modern” janitorial workforce. The paper discusses the significance of these qualities in terms…
Money with a Mission (Volume 2): Managing the Social Performance of Microfinance
Money with a Mission (Volume 1): Microfinance and Poverty Reduction
Thailand
While raising questions about the Thai sex industry is, in view of the AIDS pandemic, a matter of urgent research interest, much of the existing discourse has failed to place an understanding of masculinity on the agenda. This paper aims to rethink assumptions about masculinity and confront much wider assumptions about male – and therefore human – nature. Against this background Thai prostitution is conceptualised as an axis around which many dis…
The Cleaners You Aren’t Meant to See: Order, Hygiene and Everyday Politics in a Bangkok Shopping Mall
Although thousands of rural Thai migrants to Bangkok are employed as janitors, to date little research has been conducted on this industry. This paper addresses this lacuna by providing a detailed ethnography of working practices among cleaners in a Bangkok shopping mall, focusing upon how ideas of hygiene, order, and discipline are used to construct a “modern” janitorial workforce. The paper discusses the significance of these qualities in terms…
Thailand
While raising questions about the Thai sex industry is, in view of the AIDS pandemic, a matter of urgent research interest, much of the existing discourse has failed to place an understanding of masculinity on the agenda. This paper aims to rethink assumptions about masculinity and confront much wider assumptions about male – and therefore human – nature. Against this background Thai prostitution is conceptualised as an axis around which many dis…
Money with a Mission (Volume 2): Managing the Social Performance of Microfinance
Money with a Mission (Volume 1): Microfinance and Poverty Reduction
The Cleaners You Aren’t Meant to See: Order, Hygiene and Everyday Politics in a Bangkok Shopping Mall
Although thousands of rural Thai migrants to Bangkok are employed as janitors, to date little research has been conducted on this industry. This paper addresses this lacuna by providing a detailed ethnography of working practices among cleaners in a Bangkok shopping mall, focusing upon how ideas of hygiene, order, and discipline are used to construct a “modern” janitorial workforce. The paper discusses the significance of these qualities in terms…
Bodily practices and medical identities in southern Thailand - By Merli, Claudia
Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (3 works) · Asistencia económica (2 works) · Aspectos sociales (2 works) · Desarrollo sustentable (2 works) · Developing countries (2 works) · Economic assistance (2 works) · Finance (2 works)