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