Essays about: "cultural of Thailand"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 41 essays containing the words cultural of Thailand.

1. 11. A Grieving Nation: Exploring Thainess in the Space of Emotion

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Jitlada Meesuk; [2017]
   Keywords : Thainess; King Bhumibol; Thai monarchy; grief; collective emotions; spatiality; Nigel Thrift; cultural analysis; MACA; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : The passing of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej on October 13, 2016 marked a significant turning point in modern Thai history. As the world’s longest-reigning monarch, King Bhumibol had been much loved and revered as the country’s father figure for 70 years. READ MORE

3. 12. Managing the Thai smile : A minor field study exploring institutional impact on the strategic management of Swedish firms operating in Thailand

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

   Author : Viktoria Angel; Malin Karlsson; [2017]
   Keywords : International business; Institutional theory; Thailand; ;

   Abstract : Evidence has shown that internationalizing firms operating in emerging markets are facing institutional challenges different and more distinctive from those existing in developed markets. This requires firms to adapt their strategic management by taking institutional impact into consideration. READ MORE

4. 13. Managing cultural heterogeneity : A case study of global leadership competencies in Swedish subsidiaries in Thailand

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Företagsekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Martina Sandén; Karin Mattsson; [2016]
   Keywords : Global leadership competencies; National culture; Corporate culture; Multinational enterprises;

   Abstract : Background: Subsidiaries to multinational enterprises encounter pressure to fit the national cultural context as well as to keep consistent with the global corporation. For a Swedish multinational enterprise to be able to seize business opportunities in Thailand, an important aspect to take into consideration is the difference in national culture. READ MORE

5. 14. Thai migration flows to Sweden

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

   Author : Yang Chen; [2016]
   Keywords : Thai migration; Thai migrants; marriage migration; berry picking; informal berry pickers;

   Abstract : Along with the increasing economic and trade links, cultural exchange and tourism activities between the two countries, migration from Thailand to Sweden has been rapidly growing over the last decade (Webster & Haandrikman, 2014). There are manifold reasons that contribute to the migration to Sweden by many Thais, the most common and significant ones are marriage migration and berry picking (labour migration) (Hedberg, 2015). READ MORE

6. 15. Embodying the Other - A Cross-Cultural Understanding of Misrepresentational Oppression

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Eva-Marie Elg; [2016]
   Keywords : Embodiment; trans; the Other; embodying; crip; cinema; cripface; transface; blackface; Europe; Asia; Otherface; reversal; US; voyeuristic; gaze; phenomenology; imperial; colonial; male; critical whiteness; queer; monster; grotesque studies; gender; post-Darwanism; post-colonial; posthumanism; post-humanism; elite; culture; homogenous; industry; star; ableism; ableist; transphobic; show; freak; representation; misrepresentation; traditions; phenomena; bodies; morphing; hijra; Tamil; global; katoey; third gender; invisibility; visibility; uglyface; mediatedness; media; transing communication; animalizing; infantalizing; funny bodies; immoralizing; sexualizing; comedy; as; comparison; social; transing; queering; self-reflection; relations; looking; progressive; progression; freakery; mockery; awards; Academy; ridicule; Sensationalization; Trivialization; Stabilization; Rationalization; exorcized; bounderies; portrayals; violent; hetero-domesticity; violence; India; drag; faux; pathologised; tomboi; Thailand; character; deviant; Non-Normative; Normative; whitewashing; old age; identity; years; 102; monstreous; 2017; 1915; fantasy; stardom; Little Mermaid; figures; non-human; super-human; actor; exploitation; exclusion; transsexual; transversal; transman; transwoman; transgender; funkis; experiments; transperson; misrepresentational; psychology; oppression; North America; patriarchal; Frozen; films; isolated; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis offers a holistic perspective on the phenomenon of embodying Otherface. It provides a deeper insight into the categories Transface and Cripface, the latter being a term for an able person depicting a person with visible or invisible disabilities, also referred to as cripping up. READ MORE