Talking About Pen Sao in the 1950s-60s: An Exploration Through Discussion on A History of Design and Manners
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Dec 24, 2018
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material culture history of manners Thai women
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This paper presents a case study on the role objects played in the construction of Thai women as social subjects in the period of American Era and Development. Based on the analysis of popular Thai etiquette manual Kritsana son nong: Naenam marayat thi ngam haeng araya samai, I conducted oral history interviews with women growing up in the period. The conversation brought to light the term pen sao and illustrated that while certain objects and practices were portrayed generally as signs of modernity and civilisation, they could also be perceived as suspicious when being viewed as signs of gender differences.
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Tangsantikul, J. (2018). Talking About Pen Sao in the 1950s-60s: An Exploration Through Discussion on A History of Design and Manners. Nakhara : Journal of Environmental Design and Planning, 15, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.54028/NJ201815110
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Juthamas Tangsantikul. (2016). Kritsana son nong: The politics and practice of manners in modern Thailand (1950s–1970s). Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 47(2), 189-209.
Kepner, Susan F. (2013). A civilised woman: M.L. Boonlua Debyasuvarn and the Thai Twentieth Century. Bangkok: Silkworms Book.
Kritsana Thewarak (Santa T. Komolabutra). (1961). Kritsana son nong: Naenam marayat thi ngam haeng araya samai [Kritsana’s instruction to Little Sister: An introduction to the fine manners of the civilised period]. Bangkok: Prae Pittaya.
Margolin, V. (2005). A world history of design and the history of the world. Journal of Design History, 18(3), 235-243.
Office of the Royal Society. (Host and Editor). (2006). Perd sakard [Radio program]. In ru rak pa sa Thai. Bangkok: National Radio Station.
Pattrawadee [pseudonym]. (1966) . Sombat khong kunlasattri [Qualities of a gentlewoman]. Bangkok: Udomsuksa.
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Seinee Saowaphong [Sakchai Bamrungphong]. (1957, 2016). Pi saj [The ghost]. Bangkok: Matichon.