Book

The socio-cultural setting of love magic in central Thailand

Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2)Published In 1979 • Pages: 1, 44

By: Somchintana Thongthew-Ratarasarn.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document treats the phenomenon of “love magic” and its relationship to other features of Thai culture and social structure, particularly relations between the sexes and marriage. Different types of love magic, magicians motivations for using love magic, and the protections and remedies available to its “victims” are discussed.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
General character of religion
Magicians and diviners
Sexual stimulation
Premarital sex relations
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Central Thai
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeast Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Indigenous Person
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
M.A. Marcus ; Marlene Martin ; 1985
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1932-1971
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Thailand - especially Bangkok area
NotesAdditional notes
by Somchintana Thongthew-Ratarasarn
Includes bibliographical references (p. 41)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Thais