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Dancing Ambiguity: Nora and the Politics of Cultural Nationalisation in Southern Thailand

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Nora, a traditional dance‐drama from southern Thailand, through its designation as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (2021) and the Thai government's recognition of its performers as National Artists (2018, 2021). It situates these actions within Thailand's cultural nationalisation.
Goeun Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Preventing Erasure and Seeking Accountability in Sri Lankan Diasporic Fiction

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sixteen years after the end of the military conflict in Sri Lanka in 2009, there has been no real accountability for the atrocities that took place during the 26‐year war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan state. Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens and V. V.
Maryse Jayasuriya
wiley   +1 more source

Re‐evaluating the Rise of Anglophone Malaysian Historical Fiction in the Twenty‐First Century

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the turn of the century, anglophone Malaysian historical fiction has gained significant global recognition, so much so that it has become the dominant genre. However, notwithstanding this enviable evolution in the country's English‐language literature, it is not without issues, due to the genre's somewhat orientalist representation of ...
Andrew Hock Soon Ng
wiley   +1 more source

Tales of “Good Indian Hair”: Race, Value, and Sensory Contact Zones in Afro‐Asian Delhi

open access: yesCity &Society, Volume 38, Issue 3, December 2026.
ABSTRACT Hair, as a sociocultural bodily signifier, also becomes, once disembodied, a highly globalized and specialized commodity used for weaves, extensions, wigs and toupees around the globe. “Indian” hair is particularly valued in such commodity chains.
Bani Gill
wiley   +1 more source

The Coming of Secular Buddhism: a Synoptic View

open access: yes, 2012
Secular Buddhism is coalescing today in response to two main factors. First, it rejects the incoherence of Buddhist modernism, a protean formation that accommodates elements as far afield as ancestral Buddhism and psychotherapies claiming the Buddhist ...
Higgins, W
core  

Understanding the Meaning of a Good Death for People Living With Parkinson's Disease: Qualitative Study

open access: yesJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, Volume 74, Issue 10, Page 3051-3061, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder globally. Despite growing attention to palliative care in Parkinson's disease, little is known about what constitutes a “good death” from the perspective of people living with Parkinson's disease (PLwPD).
Leonardo Martins   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pendidikan feminis dalam novel Putri Kalingga karya Wibawa Wibidharma

open access: yesDiglosia
Putri Kalingga [Princess Kalingga] is one of the literary works that deals with feminist education issues, especially in the Ancient Mataram Era (7th century).
Wiyatmi Wiyatmi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Buddhism in Latin America

open access: yes, 2017
This chapter presents an overview of developments of Buddhism in Latin America. Although not a major religion in the region, Buddhism has thrived among the tertiary-educated, white middle classes. Nevertheless, there has been a paucity of research on the
Rocha, Cristina (R11182)
core   +1 more source

Thai Buddhism and Women with a Christian Response [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Thai Buddhism is a subset of Theravada Buddhism. Theravada Buddhism is one of two main branches of Buddhism which was founded by Siddartha Gautama around 560 B.C. Theravada is the strictest branch of the two. Thai Buddhism is a mixture of Theravada,
Terrell, Alice K
core   +1 more source

What Kinds of Meditation Are There in Buddhism?

open access: yes, 2022
Answer to the question, What Kinds of Meditation Are There in ...
Jones, Dhivan Thomas
core   +1 more source

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