LEADER 03960nam 2200769 a 450 001 9911091896503321 005 20251117064038.0 010 $a9786612359767 010 $a9781282359765 010 $a1282359762 010 $a9780520937437 010 $a0520937430 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520937437 035 $a(CKB)1000000000799596 035 $a(EBL)471000 035 $a(OCoLC)609850148 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000347867 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11270292 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000347867 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10334573 035 $a(PQKB)11328720 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC471000 035 $a(DE-B1597)520192 035 $a(OCoLC)823844496 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520937437 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL471000 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10676296 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235976 035 $a(Perlego)550587 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000799596 100 $a20030605d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$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 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780520239685 311 08$a0520239687 311 08$a9780520237834 311 08$a0520237838 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. 606 $aSex role$zThailand$zBangkok 606 $aCapitalism$xSocial aspects$zThailand$zBangkok 606 $aGlobalization 606 $aWomen$zThailand$xSocial conditions 606 $aWomen$zThailand$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aSex role 615 0$aCapitalism$xSocial aspects 615 0$aGlobalization. 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aWomen$xEconomic conditions. 676 $a381/.1/09593 700 $aWilson$b Ara$01949201 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911091896503321 996 $aThe intimate economies of Bangkok$94705612 997 $aUNINA