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200 14$aThe intimate economies of Bangkok $etomboys, tycoons, and Avon ladies in the global city /$fAra Wilson
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2004
215   $a1 online resource (288 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-520-23968-7 
311   $a0-520-23783-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tNotes On Transliteration And Dates -- $tIntroduction: Intimate Economies -- $t1. From Shophouse To Department Store -- $t2. The Economies Of Intimacy In The Go-Go Bar -- $t3. MBK: The Retail Revolution And The Infrastructure Of Romance -- $t4. The Flexible Citizens Of IBC Cable TV -- $t5. The Avon Lady, The Amway Plan, And The Making Of Thai Entrepreneurs -- $tConclusion: The Intimacy Of Capitalism -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex
330   $aBangkok 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 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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606   $aCapitalism$xSocial aspects$zThailand$zBangkok
606   $aGlobalization
606   $aWomen$zThailand$xSocial conditions
606   $aWomen$zThailand$xEconomic conditions
610   $aamway.
610   $aanthropological study.
610   $aanthropologists.
610   $aavon ladies.
610   $aavon.
610   $abangkok.
610   $abusiness relationships.
610   $acapitalism.
610   $acase studies.
610   $acommerce and business.
610   $acontemporary bangkok.
610   $adepartment stores.
610   $aeconomic boom.
610   $aeconomic development.
610   $aeconomic expansion.
610   $aeconomic history.
610   $aethnographers.
610   $aethnography.
610   $afeminist theory.
610   $aglobal economy.
610   $aglobalization.
610   $agogo bars.
610   $aidentities.
610   $amalls.
610   $amodern lifestyles.
610   $amodern markets.
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610   $apublic life.
610   $asex workers.
610   $atelecommunications.
610   $atextbooks.
610   $athai society.
610   $athailand.
610   $atomboys.
610   $atycoons.
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