From Melayu Patani to Thai Muslim: The spectre of ethnic identity in southern Thailand

Author: Jory, Patrick

Source: South East Asia Research, Volume 15, Number 2, July 2007 , pp. 255-279(25)

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Abstract:

This paper is a study of how the people at the centre of the violent conflict in Thailand's southern border provinces have been represented, with particular reference to the period from the Second World War to the present. It provides a brief historical background to a number of discourses of identity regarding the people in the region. It focuses on the struggle between competing discourses of Thai national identity, Malay ethnic identity, Muslim identity, and a more localized identity centred on the memory of the former sultanate of Patani and its associated linguistic and cultural traditions.

Keywords: IDENTITY; MELAYU; MUSLIM; THAI; PATANI

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000007781509535

Publication date: 2007-07-01

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South East Asia Research publishes articles based on original research or fieldwork on all aspects of South East Asia within the disciplines of archaeology, art history, economics, geography, history, language and literature, law, music, political science, social anthropology and religious studies. This peer-reviewed journal is published four times per year by IP Publishing in cooperation with the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). SOAS is the leading centre in this field in Europe and one of the most prestigious centres of South East Asian Studies in the world.
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