Moments of Silence : : The Unforgetting of the October 6, 1976, Massacre in Bangkok / / Thongchai Winichakul.

The massacre on October 6, 1976, in Bangkok was brutal and violent, its savagery unprecedented in modern Thai history. Four decades later there has been no investigation into the atrocity; information remains limited, the truth unknown. There has been no collective coming to terms with what happened...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (322 p.) :; 11 b&w illustrations, 1 map
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface: The Making of the Book
  • Acknowledgments
  • Thai Language Conventions
  • Acronyms
  • Chronology of Major Events
  • Prologue. October 6, Wednesday Morning
  • Chapter 1. The Unforgetting of October 6
  • Chapter 2. The Massacre and Unanswered Questions
  • Chapter 3. The Beginning of Memories
  • Chapter 4. The Trial and the Beginning of Silence
  • Chapter 5. Disquieting Silence after 1978
  • Chapter 6. The Commemoration in 1996
  • Chapter 7. The Good Silence
  • Chapter 8. Sliding Memory
  • Chapter 9. Silence of the Wolf
  • Chapter 10. Praxis of Memory: The Octobrists
  • Epilogue. Haunting
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author