Providence and Prostitution: Image and Reality for Women in Buddhist Thailand |
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agricultural amulets Asia Asian Baht become believed bhikkuni Boserup Bowring Treaty Buddha Buddhist Order CHANGE International Reports Chiranan Phitpricha Chulalongkorn University devaluation Development earnings economically active Ester Boserup exploitation Female Labour Force foreign firms girls Greater Bangkok Gunnar Myrdal hierarchy husband Ibid karma Kirsch Kitchanukit Kulamanito labour force participation lives mae chi magical Malaysia Manufacture marriage massage parlours Mattani meditation merit merit-making migrate military mimeo modern sector modernisation monasteries Mongkut monks monogamy moral nirvana official op cit Philippines political polygamy polygyny Population of Thailand position postnuptial property practice presence in Thailand prostitution religious rice role Sangha Sarkar Siam situation social spiritual statistics status story tatoos Thai male Thai society Thai women Thammasat University total labour force tourism and prostitution tourist trade traditional traditionally Udon Universal Monarch unskilled urban wives woman women in Thailand workers