Lords of Things, 2002, p.113
2002
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Refashioning the Theater of Power
- Ist Teil von
- Lords of Things, 2002, p.113
- Ort / Verlag
- University of Hawaii Press
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2002
- Quelle
- Alma/SFX Local Collection
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- The splendor of traditional Siamese state ceremonies had been a cause of amazement to foreign observers since the seventeenth century. Yet the final years of the Fifth Reign witnessed a series of public spectacles unprecedented in scale. In November 1907, a majestic pageant was staged for King Chulalongkorn’s return from Europe. The following month, a three-day fête took place among the ruins of Ayutthaya. This celebratory crescendo reached its climax in November 1908 with the week-long festivities for Rama V’s “record reign.” His cremation, in March 1911, sounded on a mournful note the Fifth Reign’s commemorative coda. These carefully orchestrated
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISBN: 0824824482, 9780824824488Titel-ID: cdi_jstor_books_j_ctt6wqs1b_11
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Anthropology, Applied anthropology, Applied arts, Architecture, Archives, Arts, Behavioral sciences, Buildings, Burial practices, Celebrations, Ceremonies, Cremation, Cultural anthropology, Cultural customs, Cultural institutions, Death rites, Dwellings, Funerals, Funerary rituals, Government, Government officials, Heads of state, Human societies, Kings, Literary genres, Literature, Monarchs, National archives, Oral literature, Palaces, Pilgrimages, Political science, Practical theology, Princes, Processions, Religion, Religious practices, Residential buildings, Rites of passage, Rituals, Royalty, Social classes, Social stratification, Social structures, Sociology, Speeches, Theology, Upper class