Made in Thailand

Studies in Popular Music

Viriya Sawangchot

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Routledge
25 February 2025

Theory of music & musicology; Rock & Pop music; Regional studies; Popular culture; Media studies

Series: Routledge Global Popular Music Series

Made in Thailand: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, culture, and musicology of twentieth- and twenty-first century popular music in Thailand. The volume consists of essays by local experts and leading scholars in Thai music and culture, and covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of popular music in Thailand. Each essay provides adequate context so readers understand why the figure or genre under discussion is of lasting significance.

Discussing musical development and shift of sociocultural spheres of Thai popular music among nationhood, media platforms, and identity politics from the early years to the present, these scholars explore and rethink the connections between the development of Thai popular music and politics of music genres in Thailand. Made in Thailand includes a general introduction to Thai popular music, followed by essays organized into four thematic sections: Histories, Contemporary Issues, Politics of Sound, and Region and Cultural Politics. Offering a comprehensive look at popular music phenomena in the country, Made in Thailand is an essential resource for scholars and students in the fields of popular music studies, ethnomusicology, popular musicology, Asian studies, and Thai studies.

Edited by: Viriya Sawangchot
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 403g
ISBN: 9780367703103
ISBN 10: 0367703106
Series: Routledge Global Popular Music Series
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 25 February 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

II. CONTENTS Preface Introduction VIRIYA SAWANGCHOT PART I : HISTORIES 1 The Amplification of Modern Music: How Does the Radio Broadcasting during 1930s - 1950s Influence Thai Popular Music? FRANCIS NUNTASUKON 2 The 1950s-1970s Pleng Lukgrung: Urban Music and the Modern Gender in Thailand JIRAWATE RUGCHAT 3 The Revolution of Pleng String and Politics of the 80s Generation VIRIYA SAWANGCHOT PART II : COMTEMPORARY ISSUES 4 Reconstructing Thai Musical Identity: The Adaptation of Classical Thai Music to Popular Music in Recent Decades GREAT LEKAKUL 5 Notes on Gender and Aesthetic Expression in Thai Indie Scene WANATAYA MONGKON and SIRIPAT NAKNAM 6 Pleng Lakorn: Thai Drama Series Theme Song and Changes of Popular Music Production ATCHAREEYA SAISIN 7 Dancemocracy as Political Expression in the 2020 Thai Pro-democracy Movement ANNA LAWATTANATRAKUL PART III: POLITICS OF SOUND 8 The Representations of Music Texts and the Female Voices in Haruethai Hirunya and Fon Tanasoontorn's I Am Not Okay KUNTHEE BANJUKEAW 9 Noise: Relistening to Non-musical Sound in Thailand THATCHATHAM SILSUPAN 10 A Discussion on Rock Guitar Heroes in Thai Heavy Metal Music PHAKPHOOM TIAVONGSUVAN 11 Rod-Hae: Sound System Culture and Live Music Performance in Northeastern Thailand VIRIYA SAWANGCHOT and SIRASAR BOONMA PART IV: REGION AND CULTURAL POLITICS 12 Popular Music and the (Global) South of Thailand in the Place-Making SIRIPORN SOMBOONBOORANA 13 Song as a Resource for Cultural Translation: Tai Popular Music in the Borderlands of the Upper Mekong WASAN PANYAGAEW 14 Morlam as Method: Isan Music and its Knowledge GRIDTHIYA GAWEEWONG and ARTHIT MULSAN CODA 15 Thai Pop and Vidding of Thai Television Dramas by Transcultural Fans in China BRENDA CHAN AFTERWORD “Political Music Isn't Necessarily Boring: A Conversation with Pisitakan Kuntalang VIRIYA SAWANGCHOT

Viriya Sawangchot is a cultural researcher based in Bangkok. Recently, he has been working as a senior researcher at the Center of Geosocial and Cultural Research for Sustainable Development (GSCR) at Walailak University, Thailand.