Kru-ze

A Theatre for Renegotiating Muslim Identity

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ID6086602
AuthorsChaiwat Satha-Anand, Chaiwat Satha‐anand (corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume8
Issue1
Pages195-218
Publication date1993-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0217-9520 • E-ISSN: 1793-2858
PublisherISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute (PUBLISHER • SG)
DOI10.1355/sj8-1i
OpenAlexW2037925790
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited3

Kru-ze, an officially declared historical site, is said to be a seventeenth century unfinished mosque in Pattani cursed by a Chinese goddess whose shrine is but a stone's throw away from it. Recently with the rise of the tourism industry in Thailand, the curse has become commoditized and has increasingly become an attractive spot especially for Chinese tourists from Malaysia, whose identities have been threatened. The ancient myth has been reactivated vigorously at a time when the tide of Islamic resurgence is still sweeping Pattani. il Kru-ze y then has become a site for political protest. In the process the curse as well as the official status of the mosque have been questioned by Muslims' religious practices, among other things. This paper examines the ways in which Muslim identity is renegotiated through the use of religious belief to strengthen their cause under changing circumstances

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Curse · Identity (music · Islam · Mythology · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Tourism · Anthropology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Asian Studies and History · Classics · Education and Islamic Studies · Gender Studies · History · Law

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