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UNINA9910131572203321 |
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Autore |
Pointecker Marco |
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Qhapaq Ñan : inkastrassen im Wandel der Zeit / / Marco Pointecker |
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LIT Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, 2015 |
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Vienna, Austria : , : LIT Verlag, , 2015 |
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1 online resource (304 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Inca roads |
Incas |
Qhapaq Ñan |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Qhapaq Ñan, refers to a network of roads built during the time of the great Inca empire. Almost 55,000 kilometres long this net of roads extended across the entire geographical area of the Inca. The Thesis, that guides this study, is that selected parts of the Qhapaq Ñan could be used for touristic use, presuming this tourism follows sustainable criteria. Not mass tourism but rather innovative programs with a concept that focuses on the balance between “use and protection” of these sensitive areas, will be essential., operated by the local communities could be the right way. |
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UNINA9910778486503321 |
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Autore |
Wilson Ara |
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The intimate economies of Bangkok [[electronic resource] ] : tomboys, tycoons, and Avon ladies in the global city / / Ara Wilson |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
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1-282-35976-2 |
9786612359767 |
0-520-93743-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Sex role - Thailand - Bangkok |
Capitalism - Social aspects - Thailand - Bangkok |
Globalization |
Women - Thailand - Social conditions |
Women - Thailand - Economic conditions |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Notes On Transliteration And Dates -- Introduction: Intimate Economies -- 1. From Shophouse To Department Store -- 2. The Economies Of Intimacy In The Go-Go Bar -- 3. MBK: The Retail Revolution And The Infrastructure Of Romance -- 4. The Flexible Citizens Of IBC Cable TV -- 5. The Avon Lady, The Amway Plan, And The Making Of Thai Entrepreneurs -- Conclusion: The Intimacy Of Capitalism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Bangkok has been at the frontier of capitalism's drive into the global south for three decades. Rapid development has profoundly altered public and private life in Thailand. In her provocative study of contemporary commerce in Bangkok, Ara Wilson captures the intimate effects of the global economy in this vibrant city. The Intimate Economies of Bangkok is a multifaceted portrait of the intertwining of identities, relationships, and economics during Bangkok's boom years. Using innovative case studies of women's and men's participation in a range of modern markets-department stores, go-go bars, a popular |
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downtown mall, a telecommunications company, and the direct sales corporations Amway and Avon-Wilson chronicles the powerful expansion of capitalist exchange into further reaches of Thai society. She shows how global economies have interacted with local systems to create new kinds of lifestyles, ranging from "tomboys" to corporate tycoons to sex workers. Combining feminist theory with classic anthropological understandings of exchange, this historically grounded ethnography maps the reverberations of gender, sexuality, and ethnicity at the hub of Bangkok's modern economy. |
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