Book

Love and marriage: mate selection in tewntieth-century central Thailand

Produced by Thai Studies Section Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Chulalongkorn University Press (4) • Published In 1995 • Pages: xii, 252

By: Sumālī Bamrungsuk.

Abstract
This is a study in the changes in parental authority, mate selection and courtship in 20th-century Central Thailand. It is based on archival material and interviews. Sumalee Bumroongsook has researched a large body of archival material which is listed in a 35-page bibliography and includes autobiographies, family genealogies, biographies (or 'cremation volumes'), laws, court records, love letters, magazine articles, newspaper columns, novels, school textbooks, popular songs, folk tales, and surveys. She discusses how changes from a monastic-based to a public and universal education system, increase in employment opportunities for young men and women, and urban migration have undermined parental authority over mate selection and generally loosened morals surrounding courtship behavior and premarital gender interactions. She also looks at polygyny, divorce, and remarriage. There are 18 photographs.
Subjects
Sociocultural trends
Verbal arts
Marriage
Polygamy
culture
Central Thai
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
Asia
Sub Region
Southeast Asia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Historian
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Ian Skoggard; 1998
Field Date
1989
Coverage Date
1900-1990
Coverage Place
Central Thailand
Notes
Sumalee Bumroongsook
Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-226)
LCSH
Thais