Youth Culture and Identity in Northern Thailand - 9781032236100

Name: Youth Culture and Identity in Northern Thailand - 9781032236100
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Youth Culture and Identity in Northern ThailandFitting In and Sticking Out\nAuthor(s): Anjalee Cohen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032236100, 978-1032236100\nSynopsis\nYouth Culture and Identity in Northern Thailand examines how young people in urban Chiang Mai construct an identity at the intersection of global capitalism, state ideologies, and local culture. \n\nDrawing on over 15 years of ethnographic research, the book explores the impact of rapid urbanisation and modernisation on contemporary Thai youth, focusing on conspicuous youth subcultures, drug use (especially methamphetamine use), and violent youth gangs. Anjalee Cohen shows how young Thai people construct a specific youth identity through consumerism and symbolic boundaries in particular through enduring rural/urban distinctions. The suggestion is that the formation of subcultures and deviant youth practices, such as drug use and violence, are .