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Balancing the foreign and the familiar in the articulation of kingship: The royal court Brahmans of Thailand

Journal of Southeast Asian studies (Singapore), 2017-06, Vol.48 (2), p.283-303 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    Balancing the foreign and the familiar in the articulation of kingship: The royal court Brahmans of Thailand
  • Author: McGovern, Nathan
  • Subjects: Articulation ; Asian history ; Asian people ; Brahmans ; Brahmins ; Courts ; Indian culture ; Intellectuals ; Localization ; Native culture ; Noncitizens ; Rites & ceremonies ; Royalty ; Social aspects
  • Is Part Of: Journal of Southeast Asian studies (Singapore), 2017-06, Vol.48 (2), p.283-303
  • Description: Scholars of Southeast Asia have for several decades moved away from theories of ‘Indianisation’, in favour of theories of ‘localisation’. So far, however, there has been little attempt to apply the methodological shift from Indianisation to localisation to an important living relic of the prime agents of older Indianisation theories: the royal court Brahmans of Thailand. In this article, I examine the history of this still-functioning Southeast Asian Brahmanical institution, with respect both to evidence of its ties to India and to the ways it has been ‘localised’. I argue that it is best understood as a local articulation of kingship, negotiating a necessary tension between the foreign and the familiar in royal ritual.
  • Publisher: Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0022-4634
    EISSN: 1474-0680
    DOI: 10.1017/S002246341700008X
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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